Funeral services for Flossie Bea Shorter, 78, will be Friday, December 22nd at 11:00AM, with a visitation beginning at 10:00AM at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street Lawrence, KS 66044. A burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas. She died Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.
Flossie was born on May19, 1945, in Cameta, Mississippi. She was the daughter
of Florine Lane and Cephis Presswood. Flossie accepted Christ at an early age in Mississippi. She enjoyed going to church, listening to Gospel music, and fellowshipping with family and friends. Flossie was a stay-at-home mom until her youngest child was ten. She was a cook for many years at the Tri-Delta Sorority house at the University of Kansas. Later she became a cook for the City of Lawrence police department where she retired from in 2012.
Flossie had five brothers and one sister. The brothers were Rufus Barnett, Cassius Carter, Bennie L. Steel, Eddie L. Steel, and Willie R. Steel. The one sister was Virginia Steel. All siblings preceded her in death with the exception of Bennie L.Steel of Hollandale, Mississippi and Willie R. Steel of Topeka, Kansas. Flossie married Robert C. Shorter Sr. on March 9, 1964 and to this union two daughters and one son was born. Flossie’s husband and one daughter, Effie M. Presswood-Shorter preceded her in death. She is survived by one daughter Florine Jeannette Shorter of Lawrence, Kansas and by one son, Robert C. Shorter Jr. and wife Tina of Lawrence, Kansas.
Flossie also leaves behind four Grandchildren: Kendrick Shorter, Kiera Shorter,Trinity Shorter and Aleigha Green, and six Great Grandchildren: Isaiah Shorter, Nevaeh Shorter, Drennen Shorter, Braxton Shorter, Lavell Morgan, and Marvell Morgan. Flossie also had a host of nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations can be made in her honor to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.
