Mrs. Shirley Faye McCandless, 89, of State College, PA, formerly of West Sunbury, PA, passed away on October 20, 2024. She was the daughter of Lee and Edith Hilgar of Euclid, PA, born in Clay Twp, Butler County on August 1, 1935. She went to the one-room Euclid grade school and graduated from West Sunbury High School.
On June 6, 1953, she married Donald McCandless Jr. of Slippery Rock, PA. They have three children: Sherri Schalk (Mark) of Charlotte, NC; Joan Tillett of Apple Valley, CA; and Donald L McCandless (Jane) of State College, PA.
Shirley was a homemaker most of her life. She worked at the Allencrest Tea Room in 1953 and Danks Ladies Clothing Store in 1954 in State College. In 1968 she went to beautician school and became a licensed beautician in Champaign, IL.
As a child she went to the Nazarene Church, and for the rest of her life she attended various Methodist Churches in Illinois and Pennsylvania. She loved to sing in the church choir her entire life. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, playing cards with her friends and grandchildren, camping, and watching the Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers. Above all she enjoyed spending time with her family.
She is survived by her husband Donald, her three children, 10 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, her sister, Dolores Glenn, and sister-in-law, Nellie Arblaster. She was preceded in death by her brothers Leslie Hilgar and John Hilgar, and one granddaughter, Katherine Schalk. Funeral arrangements by Young’s Funeral Home, West Sunbury, PA. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to St. John’s United Methodist Church, Slippery Rock, PA.