Shirley "Laine" Elaine Sutherland

Shirley Elaine “Laine” Sutherland, daughter of Wayne Norman and Frances (Cooley) Sutherland, was born August 30, 1952, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away July 14, 2020, at Mercy in Springfield, Missouri. She was 67 years, 10 months, and 15 days of age.

Laine graduated from Norwood High School with the class of 1970. Education was very important to Laine. She earned a Master’s of Fine Arts degree and worked as a curator for several universities over the years.

Laine loved genealogy, reading, traveling, and growing flower and vegetable gardens. She was a very outgoing person and made lifelong friends wherever she lived. Laine retired and moved back to Mountain Grove to be a caregiver for her parents a few years ago. She had been battling pancreatic cancer since December 2019.

Laine was preceded in death by an infant brother, David Wayne Sutherland.

She is survived by her parents, Wayne and Frances Sutherland, one sister, Greta Cope and her husband, Bob, all of Hartville, Missouri, one nephew, Aaron Cope, several cousins, aunts, and uncles, other relatives and special friends who will dearly miss her.

Let Me Go
When I come to the end of the day
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not for long
And not with your head bowed low
Remember the love that once we shared
Miss me, but let me go. 

For this is a journey we all must take
And each must go alone.
It's all part of the master's plan
A step on the road to home. 

When you are lonely and sick at heart
Go to the friends we know.
Laugh at all the things we used to do
Miss me, but let me go.