Shirley Ann (Kaczmarek) McNeil, age 90 of Manistee, Michigan, died early Friday morning, May 2, 2025 at Nancy's House in Manistee. She was born on May 2, 1935 in Manistee, Michigan, daughter of the late Leonard and Christine (Socher) Kaczmarek. Shirley married James E. McNeil on October 26, 1957 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Manistee.  Shirley was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church of Onekama, Michigan.

She is survived by her daughter, Connie (McNeil) Learman of Whitehall, MI, her son Gary and Jim (Roberts) McNeil of Lowell, MI, two grandchildren, Victoria Learman of Phoenix, Arizona, and Steven Learman of Whitehall, MI, her sister, Rogene Newman of Manistee, MI, and her brother Chester Kaczmarek of Manistee, MI. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband James E. McNeil, her daughter, Karen (McNeil) Kurtz, her sisters, Delphine Tabaczka and Dolores (Dalki) Tyczkowski, her brothers, Floyd and Richard "Skitzer" Kaczmarek, and her brother's in-law, David Newman, Al Tabaczka, Floyd Tyczkowski and Edward J. Dalki.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Onekama, Michigan with Reverend Bradley Nursey celebrant. Burial will follow the mass, at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery also in Onekama. The family will receive friends at the church on Saturday morning, one hour prior to the funeral mass.

Shirley's family would like to extend a special thank you to; Amy DeLeon, Jeannie Knudsen, Amy Cossette, Todd and Terry Rutowski, Jeff and Elizabeth Walters, Marilyn Francis, Sheila Falk, Chuck and Nancy Reckow, George and Chris Goodrich, Greg Hickok, Jim Roberts, Dave and Kristine Schimke, and the loving staff at Nancy's House. The Herbert Funeral Home of Manistee is in charge of funeral arrangements.