Kay Shirley Boteler Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Kay Shirley Boteler (Richmond, Virginia), who passed away on July 25, 2025 at the age of 78. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Kay Shirley farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Kay Shirley is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Frank Felton Shirley and Katherine Shirley (Hagan); her husband Herbert William Boteler; her brother Marshall Shirley (Mike); and her sister-in-law Dorothy Shirley (Bondurant).
She is survived by: her sibling's children, Michael Derrick Shirley and Katherine Shirley Smith. She is also survived by her great nephews, great niece, and close friends.
