Toft Funeral Home and Crematory
2001 Columbus Ave
Sandusky, OH 44870
Phone: 419-625-8816
Website: http://www.toftfh.com
View All Obituaries from Toft Funeral Home and Crematory
Shirley Ann Pou, 75, of Sandusky, went to be with the Lord, with her children by her side, on Monday, January 16, 2017, at her residence.
She was born in Meridian, MS on February 2, 1941, to the late Ben Chester Gowdy Sr., and Mina Irby, and raised by Billie and Lillian Gowdy-Blackmon.
Shirley was employed by the Ohio Veterans Home as a STNA for 13 years.
She was married to Ward Pou for 23 years, and to this union there were five girls and two sons, Shirley Jean Garrett, Sandusky, Nina Joyce Marshall, Columbus, OH, Patricia Ann Pou, Las Vegas, NV, Tracy Marie Pou-Alexander, Sandusky, Tommie C. Parker, Sandusky, and Ward Junior Pou, Sandusky; siblings, Jewell Newell, Dorothy Louise Terrell, Jim Earl Chaney, Julius Chaney, and Betty Chaney; thirteen grandchildren; 40 plus great-grandchildren; special niece, Dorothy Gowdy; and great niece, Lisa Smith, several other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; daughter, Ann Monique Pou; siblings, Ben Chester Gowdy, Jr., and Larmae Gowdy.
Friends may call on Saturday, January 21, 2017, from 11 A.M. until time of funeral services at 12 P.M. Noon in Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1215 Pierce St., Sandusky. Rev. Clayton E. Howard will officiate.
Toft Funeral Home & Crematory, 2001 Columbus Ave., Sandusky is handling the arrangements.
Condolences and gifts of sympathy may be made to the family by visiting www.toftfh.com.
