FRANCES LAVERNE RILEY

Frances LaVerne Riley, 76, of Jefferson City, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, at her residence.She was born on Oct. 8, 1934, in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Stanford, Sr., and Martha Ellen Harned Shuffitt.She was united in marriage on April 24, 1954, in Bardstown Junction, Kentucky, to Donald Earl Riley who preceded her in death on Jan. 24, 2002.Mrs. Riley was a 1952 graduate of Lebanon Junction (Kentucky) High School.A homemaker, she was a member of Concord Baptist Church and Roscoe Enloe American Legion Post 5 Ladies Auxiliary. She was an avid gardener and greatly enjoyed ceramics and crafts.Survivors include one son, Duffy (Gale) Riley, Jefferson City; three daughters, Penny (Dr. Alan) Braun, Norwalk, Iowa; Robin Riley, Jefferson City; and Lisa (Bill) Wilson, St. Petersburg, Fla.; seventeen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three sisters, Faye (Donnie) Dones, Bardstown, Ky.; Vickie McFelia, Elizabethtown, Ky.; and Rita (Jerry) Boyd, Elizabethtown, Ky.; and two brothers, Joe (Janet) Shuffitt and Wayne (Martha Ann) Shuffitt, all of Lebanon Junction, Ky.She was preceded in death by two granddaughters, Katherine Riley and Jennifer Kursave; three sisters, Louise Mullins, Geneva Carter, and Joyce Starcher; two brothers, Ernest Shuffitt and Stanford Shuffitt, Jr.; and one daughter-in-law, Donna M. Riley.Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at Capital West Christian Church with the Rev. Kenneth W. Harland officiating.Burial will be in Hawthorne Memorial Gardens.Visitation will be 10-12:00 noon on Saturday at Capital West Christian Church.Memorials are suggested to the Jefferson City Animal Shelter, 919 E. Miller Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101.Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Those wishing to email tributes or condolences to the family may do so at the www.dulletrimble.com website.