Shirley Iris Huntington Steele, 92, of Bear, Delaware, passed away on December 11,  2019 at home in Bear after a short final illness.

Shirley was born in Tupper Lake, New York to Leland and Burnice Huntington in 1927, one of twelve children. She worked as a Realtor and as a Legal Secretary in San Antonio for many years. She enjoyed cultivating plants and camping.

Shirley is survived by her son, Charles F. Steele and daughter, Particia L. Steele of Bear, sister, Evylen Chapline of Brattleboro, Vermont, grandsons Philip and Aaron Sasser, granddaughters Michele Moles, Heather McBride and Melanie Howard, many great grandchildren, nephews, nieces. She is preceded in death by her husband, John C Steele, son Timothy J. Steele, her parents and all but one of her siblings.

We thank Shirley for her long life and how she lived it and we thank the Lord for Shirley Steele.

Funeral service will be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday December 28, 2019 at Beeson Funeral Home, 2053 Pulaski Highway, Newark, Delaware with Pastor Carlo DeStefano of Fairwinds Baptist Church officiating. Friends may visit at the funeral home beginning at 2:00 pm.

A private burial will be on January 3, 2020 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas. Sunset Funeral Home of San Antonio will be handling the burial arrangements.

A Pocket Psalm

As I walk the razor's edge, His bloodstained feet

are there to cushion mine into retreat

My shepherd does not sleep

As I dangle by a thread, His bloodstained hand

grasps mine, and then I understand

My shepherd does not sleep

As I stumble to the brink, His bloodstained back

becomes my bridge to narrow the wide crack

My shepherd does not sleep

As I walk this rocky path with head bent low

I hear my name and I look up and know

My shepherd does not sleep

Shirley H