Iliene LaRee (Catron) Shropshire

Iliene Shropshire, of Groesbeck, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Limestone Medical Center. She was 81. Visitation will be Wednesday, May 14, 2014, from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., at Groesbeck Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at the Groesbeck Funeral Home Chapel, with Brother Joe Tucker officiating. Burial will follow in Big Hill Cemetery. Iliene was born August 4, 1932 to Ethel (Phelps) and Earl F. Catron in Savonburg, Kansas, and grew up in Conroe, TX. She was united in marriage with Grady James Shropshire on October 7, 1950 in Houston. In 1977, Grady and Iliene moved to Groesbeck, where they provided home care for many disabled veterans from 1977 through 2004. She was a very active member of the Assembly of God Church in Thornton, and loved attending worship services as long as her health permitted. Iliene had resided in the Groesbeck LTC Nursing Center the last few years. Mrs. Shropshire was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of sixty-two years, Grady Shropshire, who passed away in 2012; brother, Edward Catron; sister, Francis Ann Catron; brother-in-law, Donald Hampton; and one grandson, Tony Monroe Shropshire. She is survived by her sister, Norma Hampton; sister and brother-in-law, Iris and Glenn Matchett; son and daughter-in-law, Grady Dwane and Janet Shropshire of Groesbeck; son and daughter-in-law, Robert James (Bobby) and Cynthia Shropshire of North Carolina; and daughter and son-in-law, Deborah Iliene and John Andrew Vincent of Groesbeck; nine grandchildren and their spouses: Greg and Rebecca Shropshire, Kyle and Lisa Shropshire, Whitney and Joshua Smith, Robert “RJ” Shropshire, Jr., James and Eva Vincent, Jason and Kaytee Vincent, Misty and Patrick Samuels, Sabrina and Randy Slater, and Jessica and Ricky Nelson. Also, there are sixteen great grandchildren: Griffin Shropshire, Conner Shropshire, Paxton Shropshire, Hunter Vincent, Emily Vincent, Gage Vincent, Braden Ramirez, Rainy Samuels, Cassie Samuels, Catlin Samuels, Rian Samuels, Aubrey White, Hannah Slater, Kimber Slater, Preston Ellis, and Shane Ellis; two great-great grandchildren; and many more extended family and friends.