Shirley Jean Carrizales

Family and neighbors in Spokane mark the death of Shirley Jean Carrizales on June 14, 2026. She was 84. Born in Spokane on October 12, 1941; Salvadoran-American cooking and payday thrift set the tone of the house. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. She kept scales that turned refuse into wages without inventing numbers. A dump scale chalk eraser ended arguments more gently than bosses. Colleagues still mention a dump scale chalk eraser. She married Robert in 1966. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised a daughter and two sons through public schools and ordinary weather. After Robert died in 2019, she kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember the radio low on a Saturday while repairs got done. Mornings were her favorite shift at home. She died in Spokane, on streets that already knew her pace. The porch still expects a returning step.