Shirley Love, native of the Cottonwood area, died Saturday, November 19th at the age of 79 at Verde Valley Medical Center. Born in Cottonwood November 1st, 1932 Shirley joined the air force out of high school and served in Texas. Upon returning to Arizona she went to school at NAU, got a teaching degree and taught various places in the state including Casa Grande and Holbrook before retiring in Cottonwood. Shirley was survived by her sister and brother-in-law Marji and Hoover Ware and family and her sister-in-law Judy Love and family. There are no public services planned. An online guestbook is available at www.westcottfuneralhome.com