It is with great sad­ness that the fam­ily of Shirley J Dil­len­beck (Blaney) an­nounce her sud­den pass­ing on Wednes­day, July 19, 2023, at the age of 73.   

 She was born on No­vem­ber 28, 1949, in Villa Grove, IL, the daugh­ter of the late Floyd Sr. and Alice (Blaney) Williams.     

After grad­u­at­ing from Iola High School in 1967, Shirley mar­ried Dan Kropid­lowski. To­gether, they raised two daugh­ters, Sheila and Paula. In later years, the two di­vorced.     

In 2004, Shirley mar­ried Clay Dil­len­beck. Through the years, they en­joyed spend­ing time camp­ing, telling sto­ries, and mak­ing mem­o­ries around many camp­fires with fam­ily mem­bers.      She will be lov­ingly re­mem­bered by all for her cook­ing. She truly en­joyed bak­ing and cook­ing for every­one. She baked pies for many fundrais­ers through the years and made them for R.D.’s Diner in Point. Her cook­ing was also often en­joyed at many local dog sport­ing events. When she wasn’t cook­ing, she loved watch­ing and feed­ing wildlife.     

Shirley was a true care­giver at heart. She never missed an op­por­tu­nity to help any­one in need. Her home was al­ways a safe place to land; whether you needed some­where to stay, a hot meal or a shoul­der to cry on, her door was al­ways open. Shirley could talk to any­body and made friends eas­ily. It wasn’t un­usual for a quick run into the gro­cery store to turn into an hour-long gab ses­sion with friends, new and old. After all, Shirley loved big and un­con­di­tion­ally. Noth­ing was more im­por­tant to her than fam­ily     

Shirley is sur­vived by her hus­band, Clay, her two daugh­ters, Sheila (Chad Aldrich), and Paula (Ricky Carl), grand­son Brian, and grand­daugh­ter Jas­mine. She also leaves be­hind her pre­cious pup, Dixie.   

 Shirley was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents, her broth­ers Don, Floyd (Jr), Robert, and her sis­ter Shirley.   

 The fam­ily is mak­ing arrange­ments for pri­vate ser­vices to be held. A cel­e­bra­tion of life will be sched­uled at a later date.