Shirley J. Hunnicutt

February 18, 1936 - November 30, 2019

Shirley J. Hunnicutt, age 83, of Huntington, died at 5:00 a.m. Saturday, November 30, 2019 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana. Funeral services will immediately follow at 12 p.m. Wednesday at Bailey-Love Mortuary with Terry and Nikki Marker officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery in Huntington. Preferred memorials are to Helping Paws Pet Haven, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, IN, 46750. Shirley was born on February 18, 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of George and Lora (Kissler) Bathe. She graduated from Fullerton High School in Fullerton, California in 1954 and married Bud Hunnicutt on June 11, 1955 in Anaheim, California. She attended Arcola United Methodist Church and made cards for any occasion. She enjoyed sewing and knitting, which led her to make hats for Salvation Army and lap robes for nursing homes; she also loved scrapbooking. Survivors include her husband, Bud Hunnicutt of Huntington, a son, Tony (Dawn) Hunnicutt of Huntington, and daughters Vicky Spradlin of San Antonio, Texas and Brenda Hunnicutt of Huntington. Also surviving are five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, her stepfather, Vernon Marlatt, a daughter, Suzanne Schonemann, and a brother, Tom Bathe.