Shirley Lintz Obituary

Shirley Leah Haire Lintz, 91, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022.

She was born in Atlanta, GA to Pauline and Carl Haire and moved to the Gretna-Quincy, FL area as a young child. Shirley graduated from Gadsden County High School in Quincy, FL and from Florida State University with a degree in Business Education and where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Shirley met her husband, Edgar Day Lintz, Jr., of Pensacola at FSU. After marriage they lived in Bainbridge, GA and Atlanta before moving to the Detroit, MI area in 1964 where Ed was employed by Ford Motor Company. She taught briefly in the elementary grades of parochial and public schools in Atlanta and Michigan and was an active member of St. Mel Catholic Church in Dearborn Heights, MI. Upon her husband’s retirement in 1988, they returned to Pensacola where she volunteered for many years with Covenant Hospice and as a member and volunteer at St. Paul Catholic Church. Shirley was a member of Stonebrook Ladies Golf Association and enjoyed many years of playing golf with her friends at Stonebrook.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Carl, Jr.; as well as her husband Edgar.

She is survived by her children, Debra Riley (Doug, deceased) of Yorktown, VA; her son, Doug Lintz (Stephanie) of Spanish Fort, AL and her daughter, Leigh Ann Christovich (Jamie) of New Orleans, LA; her grandchildren, Collin and Sam Riley (Samantha), Taylor Clark (Dillion), Abbey, Anna, Josie and Sophie Lintz, and Eliza and Cecile Christovich; as well as niece and nephew, Charlene Thornhill and Steve Haire; a special cousin, Nancy Turner, and her dearest friends, Dottie Bonifay (Doug) and Tricia Kouns (Michael).

Visitation will be held 10:00am until a Funeral Mass to begin at 11:00am Monday, August 1, 2022, at St. Paul Catholic Church, with Msgr. Stephen Bosso celebrant. A rosary will be prayed at 10:45am. Interment will follow the Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Vincent de Paul, Alpha Center, or Covenant Hospice.