Shirley Eileen Buh Ashmus, 83, of Largo, Fla., formerly of Kenosha, passed away March 15, 2009, at home.

Shirley was born in Waukegan, Ill., and spent 30 years of her adult life in Kenosha, where she and her husband Eugene started Ashmus Conveyor Belting. She moved from Kenosha to Largo, Fla., in 1975, and after a temporary retirement went to work as a cook at Bayshore Rehabilitation Center in Dunedin, Fla., for 10 years. She was an active member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Largo.

She is survived by her loving husband Eugene; son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Bonnie Payette of Kenosha; daughter and son-in-law, Pamela and John Baldyga of Tarpon Springs, Fla.; two sisters, Clara Trulock of Daytona Beach, Fla., Patricia Herald of Hawthorne, Calif.; one brother, William Buh of Waukegan, Ill.; six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.