LEICESTER — Shirley Jean Douglas, age 90, passed peacefully Oct. 8, 2026, at Helen Porter Health & Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury.
Shirley was born in Middlebury Aug. 4, 1936. She was the daughter of Alfred and Mabel (Masterson) Narabone. She grew up in Salisbury, where she received her early education and graduated from Middlebury High School, class of 1954. Following graduation, she began work as an aide at Brandon Training School for several years. After her marriage she was a stay-at-home mom, raising her sons. After they were married she and her husband went to Alaska to help build the Copper Valley School, which was a catholic boarding school for Alaskan Native children.
After a few years in Alaska, she returned to Brandon and worked at Brandon Coils, later renamed Nexus Corporation. She retired in 1997. She was an avid reader, enjoyed doing puzzles and was a wonderful mother.
Surviving are her sons, Patrick Douglas of Leicester and Christopher Douglas of Georgia, Vt.; and one sister, Phyllis Foshea of Salisbury. She was predeceased by a son, David Douglas Jr.; two brothers, Francis Narabone and Robert Narabone; four sisters, Doris Galvin, Kathleen Fiske, Joan LaFountain and June Newton; and her former husband, David Douglas Sr.
A graveside committal service and burial will take place, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m., in the family lot at Holman Cemetery in Salisbury.
Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made, in her memory to Brandon Area Rescue Squad or Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Association.
Arrangements by Miller & Ketcham of Brandon. ◊
