Shirley Ann Stundahl

Shirley Ann Stundahl, age 88, lost her battle with the side effects of cancer on March 28, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday April 7, 2025, at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home. Reverend Kent Otterman will be officiating. A visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery.

Shirley was born in Austin, MN on August 1, 1936, to Harold and Ruth Davis. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Olaf Lutheran Church. She attended school in Austin and graduated from Austin High School. After her schooling, she was united in marriage to Leslie Stundahl and the couple had two sons, Bruce and Craig. The couple later divorced. Shirley moved to Albert Lea where she got a job at Continental/Progress Castings where she worked as a proud steel worker until she retired.

Shirley had an interesting life. She was a 4-H leader, was on the board of directors of the Freeborn County Senior Center, and a graduate of the Citizen Police Academy. She loved sports and enjoyed roller skating, ice skating and bicycling, riding her bicycle on 100-mile bike-a-thons. Shirley also won both a horse race and motorcycle race and she loved NASCAR. She was an avid Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Steeler fan. She will be remembered by the people in South Albert Lea as a Shopper Delivery Person. She walked her entire 11-mile route. She loved showing her latch hook rugs and diamond dot at the Mower County Fair and received her first Grand Champion in 2019 at the age of 82. Shirley was also an animal lover and had several pets over the years. Her favorite was her cat, Whiskers.

Shirley is survived by her sons, Bruce (Diane) Stundahl of Austin, MN, Craig (Suzanne) Stundahl of Champaign, IL; 4 grandchildren, Steffanie Stundahl of Austin, MN, Crystal (Jeremy) Hunt of St. Paul, MN, Lisa Stundahl of LaCrosse, WI, Sandy (Andrey) Stundahl of Chicago, IL; 4 great grandchildren, Ellen Hunt, Sophie Hunt, Hope Stundahl, Theodore Stundahl.

She is preceded in death by her grandson, Keith Allen Stundahl.