Shirley Ann (Leeper) Biegler of Columbus passed away quietly January 5, 2024 at the age of 97. Shirley was born in Cambridge, Ohio on September 3, 1926, the first child of Frank N. and Velma (Patterson) Leeper (deceased). She graduated from Brown High School in Cambridge and Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. She retired after a long career as an elementary school teacher with a preference for second grade. Her longest service was in Pike Elementary of the East Muskingum Schools. She married Clancy Biegler (deceased) in 1950, and shared with him over 64 years of marriage. She was especially proud of the improvements and gardening at the various homes where they lived and was a member of the New Concord and Upper Arlington garden clubs. She is survived by her siblings, Louise Williams of Cambridge and Robert Leeper of Beverly, Ohio and by her sons, Chad (Ellen), Kent (Lisa) and Todd (Shelley). There are five grandchildren, Scott, Craig, Kyle, Ross and Elise; and seven great grandchildren.