Shirley Joyce Bodish, 88

September 02, 2025

Shirley J. Bodish (nee Crock) 88, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully, on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at Legend of Lancaster Memory Care.

Born April 23, 1937, in Northampton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Eugene W.J. Crock and Arlene L. (Laub) Crock. She was married to the late Joseph F. Bodish.

A 1955 graduate of Northampton Area High School in Northampton, PA, Shirley went on to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Cedar Crest College in 1959. After teaching briefly in Fogleville, PA, Shirley retired from the Columbia Borough School District after a total of 30 years of teaching elementary grades 2-5. After her retirement, her love for teaching continued and she was a volunteer 2 days a week in the first and 2nd grades in Columbia. She also volunteered in her youngest grandson’s nursery school. Also, Shirley was a girl scout leader, a cub scout den mother, she loved to sing and participated in the Lancaster Chorus. She was also a member of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Lancaster, where she also taught Sunday school for many years.

Shirley and Joe loved to travel around the US and spent a happy 48 years together until he passed. Most of all, Shirley LOVED her children and 4 grandchildren.

She is survived by a daughter, Cynthia L., wife of Keith Ebner, of Charlotte NC; a son, Christopher J. Bodish, of Millersville PA; as well as four grandsons, Daniel Ebner (and wife Nari Sohn )of Rochester, MN, Andrew Ebner of Atlanta, GA, Ian Yoder (and wife Crystal Smith) of Mont Clare, PA, and Nickolaus Bodish of Millersville, PA.

Friends may visit with the family at Snyder Funeral Home at 441 North George Street, Millersville, PA between 10 and 11 AM on Tuesday September 9th followed by a brief service beginning at 11:00 AM. Inurnment will be private at St. Joseph’s Cemetery at 1:00 PM Please omit flowers.

Memorial Remembrances can be made in Shirley’s memory to Hospice & Community Care of Lancaster County or the national Alzheimer’s Association.