Obituary: Shirlee Coy

In memory of our loving mother, grandmother and friend. Shirlee J. Coy was born Dec. 3, 1934, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Howard and Betty Helm. She attended and was graduated from Franklin High School. Later she married Jerald Fitzgibbons and they had a baby boy, Keith Fitzgibbons.
Together, they raised Siberian huskies to run in sled dog races in Iowa and Minnesota. In October 1968 they moved to Denver, Colo., where she…