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Pauline Shuck
Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home in Atchison

 Pauline Shuck, 96, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, December 3, 2015, at the Holiday 

 
Resorts Nursing Home in Emporia, Kansas.
 
Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Monday, December 7, 2015, at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton 
 
Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery, Atchison.  Family 
 
will receive visitors from 3:00 to 5:00 PM, Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the funeral home.  The 
 
family requests that memorial donations in honor of Pauline be made to Branches Mission 
 
Board, and sent in care of the funeral home.  Condolences and memories to the family may be 
 
left online at www.beckerdyer.com.
 
Pauline was born at home on February 4, 1919 near Rushville, MO, the daughter of George 
 
William “Bill” and Ruth Anna (Brown) Woolston. She attended the local one-room school often 
 
riding there on the family horse.  At age 13, after finishing the eighth grade, she choose to come 
 
to Atchison and to work the way through Atchison High School where she graduated in 1937. 
 
She attended Mount St. Scholastica College and worked as a telephone operator for several years 
 
before meeting her husband at a dance.
 
Pauline married George William Shuck on September 15, 1946 at First Christian Church, 
 
Atchison.  They continued their dance for 49 years.  In 1948 and 1949 they welcomed two 
 
daughters into their family; Cherie and Joy.
 
Pauline assisted George in his building contractor business as secretary.  Later they purchased 
 
rental property and renovated it together.  She managed the rentals and he did the maintenance. 
 
She was still managing the rentals at age 93.
 
Pauline was baptized as a child in a creek near Short Creek Baptist Church and her roots go deep 
 
at Sugar Creek Christian Church.  She was active at First Christian Church where she served 
 
over the years as president of the Christians Women’s Fellowship, as deaconess, as a member of 
 
the Friendship Class, and as leader of the Ruth Group.
 
She was a devoted friend to many, some who have remained friends since they were in high 
 
school calling themselves “The Gad-abouts.” She met regularly with a group of friends call “The 
 
Club.” And her “Lunch  Bunch” met for birthday celebrations for many years.  She also enjoyed 
 
her P.E.O sisters serving in several leadership roles.  The gals she played pinochle with said she 
 
had a quick mind for the game.
 
Pauline had a great heart for service.  She became like a daughter to several childless widows, 
 
caring for them until the end of their lives.  She did the same for her own father and mother.  She 
 
also was a very generous giver to her church, to many charities, and to her family.  Mention her 
 
name and all would say; “Oh, she is a real lady.”
 
Pauline was a wonderful wife and mother, serving up excellent fried chicken, dressing, and apple 
 
pie; providing fragrant sheets, line-dried and ironed; making sure her daughters were dressed 
 
beautifully, providing costumes and props for their plays, facilitating their education.  Her quiet, 
 
unconditional support, values, integrity and virtue were an example for all her devoted family. 
 
“Her children stand and call her blessed.”  Proverbs 31:28 “Surely goodness and mercy shall 
 
follow her all the days of her life.”  Psalms 23:6.
 
Survivors include two daughters, Cherie (Shuck) and Michael Hein of Atchison, and Joy (Shuck) 
 
and Barry Brooks of Emporia, Seven grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.  
 
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a sister, Elva Goodin, and a brother, 
 
William Woolston.