Shirley M. Homan, formerly of Long Island, NY, and resident of Luther Acres, Lititz, PA, passed away on August 28, 2012 at age 84. Born in Reading, PA, she was the daughter of the late Victor and Lillian Miller Homan. Surviving are sisters June Homan Fry, wife of the late Rev. Clyde I. Fry of Lititz and Virginia Homan Babb, wife of James Babb of Reading, and several nieces and a nephew.

A graduate of Ithaca College and Hofstra University, Shirley was an instrumental music teacher in New Hyde Park Schools on Long Island for 30 years. After retirement she became a longtime volunteer for WLIW 21, a PBS station on Long Island. Shirley formed a kitchen band for and with residents of Luther Acres, and was always up for new projects, one being watercolors which were exhibited at the Muhlenberg Town Home in August.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at the convenience of the family. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Luthercare Caring Fund, 600 E. Main St., Lititz, PA 17543 or to Hospice & Community Care, PO Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604-4125 or hospiceoflancaster.org. To send the family online condolences, please visit SnyderFuneralHome.com. Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory 717-560-5100