Shrley Kaye "Katie" Thompson Cordero

Shirley Kaye 'Katie' Thompson Cordero

March 8, 1938 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

June 18, 2002 - Bend, Oregon

Well Loved and Not Forgotten

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Shirley Kaye (Thompson) Cordero of Bend died Tuesday of natural causes. She was 64.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Niswonger, Reynolds and Tabor Funeral Home.

Mrs. Cordero was born March 8, 1938, in Oklahoma City. She married Denis Cordero on Feb. 26, 1992, in Orange County, Calif.

She was a homemaker.

Mrs. Cordero enjoyed latch-hook rugs, puzzles, gardening and spending time with her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband of Bend; two sons, Don Sterling of Huntington Beach, Calif., and John Sterling of Bend; a stepson, Denis Cordero of southern California; a daughter, Lisa Ryba of Bend; a stepdaughter, Jenice Anderson of southern California; two sisters, Carol Ann Roberts of Oklahoma City and Jacqueline Jones of Palm Desert, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Niswonger, Reynolds and Tabor Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Source:  Bend Bulletin