Shirley M. (Godfrey) Polifrone

Shirley Polifrone passed away after a lengthy illness Sunday April 12th peacefully at her home.  Born in Pascagoula Mississippi, May 17th 1934, to the late Francis and Mildred (Moates) Godfrey.  After marrying her husband, the late Charles "Bud"

Polifrone, she resided in Garrettsville until 1983 when Bud retired as Chief of Police with the Garrettsville Police Department and moved back to Pascagoula.  In 2004 Bud passed away and Shirley remained in Pascagoula until hurricane Katrina damaged her home.  At that time Shirley made the decision to move back to Ohio to be closer to her two sons.

Preceded her in death were her first son,Randy Lee Polifrone of St. Petersburg Florida and sister, Grace Godfrey (Smith) of Pascagoula Mississippi.

Survivors include sons, Dr. Brad (Kelly) Polifrone of Hudson Ohio and Michael (Kimberly) Polifrone of Garrettsville Ohio; sisters, Ann (Peter) Fawcett of The Villages of Florida, Sandra (Bobby) Usey of Gulfport Mississippi,

Kathy (John) Simpson of Pascagoula Mississippi; brothers, Jack Godfrey of Moss Point Mississippi and Buddy (CarolAnn) Godfrey of Pascagoula Mississippi.  She will be missed by her seven grandchildren; Brandy Cushing of Garrettsville Ohio, Megan (Vincent) Gonzales of Garrettsville Ohio, Joseph Polifrone of Louisville Kentucky, Craig Polifrone of St. Petersburg Florida, Sydney, Dominic and Nicci Polifrone of Hudson Ohio, and three great grandchildren Jaxen Cushing, Kiera and Zoey Gonzales all of Garrettsville Ohio.

Shirley loved her family and spent every available moment with her sons and family.  Education was very important to Shirley, she went back to college and earned her RN degree at the age of 55. Shirley then retired in 1999 from Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula Mississippi.  She was an avid reader, sometimes up to two or three books a week.

A staunch conservative, she was never at a loss for words.  She was a great debater of anything political, educational or medical.  She succumbed to her Pulmonary Fibrosis only moments after Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for President of the United States.

Cremation has taken place, and a private service will occur in the near future.

The family would like to thank Dr. Joseph Chase, the nurses and care givers at Senior Independence Hospice and her dear friend Stephanie for all of the care, love and compassion.