A Celebration of Life for Shirley Jean Geisler (Uptmor), age 86 of Tyler, Texas, is scheduled for 1:00PM on November 21, 2026, at private residence, 885 CR 3501 Cuney, Texas.

Shirley passed on Wednesday, November 5, 2026, at her home in Cuney, Texas. She was born on April 7, 1940, in Tours, Texas to the late Henry Uptmor and Gertrude Uptmor (Schroeder). Shirley has lived in Tyler for the past 56 years where she was a member of the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception.

She lived her life as an exemplary bank teller at First National Bank of Waco and Regions Bank in Tyler.

Shirley’s life was full of joy caring for and spending time with her family.

Shirley enjoyed being a mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Geisler; brother, Henry William Uptmor; brother, Fred Ernest Uptmor; sister, Dorothy Mae Berger; sister, Bernice Clara Pustejovsky; great granddaughter, Blakely Ray Larson.

She is survived by her son, Walter Geisler Jr and wife, Tammy Geisler, of Tyler; daughter, Audra Whitton and husband, John Whitton, of Cuney; sister, Sugie (Henrietta) Dulock of Tours, grandchildren, Taylor Larson and husband, Trey Larson; Samantha Spiller and significant other, Naylan Phelps; Madison Whitton; Call Spiller and significant other, Brileigh Barnes; John Whitton III; and numerous great grandchildren, Easton; Benjamin; Maverick; and Adalynn, nieces, nephews, and other loving family members and friends.