Centreville
Shirley Shortall Friel
1930 — 2024
Native and long-time resident of Centreville, Shirley Shortall Friel died on March 12, 2024 surrounded by family. She was 93. Shirley was born in 1930 to Thomas and Inez (Robinson) Shortall and raised in Centreville. She is survived by a daughter, Beryl (Friel) Eismeier and her husband Michael, and grandchildren Thomas, Julia and Chloe Eismeier. As a young woman, Shirley loved to sail, skate and ski. She attended Goldie Beacom College, earning a business degree, and met her husband, Joseph Friel, while living in Wilmington, DE. Together they lived in Utah, and later Baltimore and Chestertown before returning to Centreville. Shirley was an avid horticulturalist and flower arranger and was...