That news came later, in a phone call from his brother dan. danny called me an 11:30 that night, and told me what happened. dan waite said that from that night, on the word housekeeper, as they used a shorthand for shirlee as if her job to find her. always calling her the housekeeper. she was only there for a couple hours every couple of weeks, you know. to her brother s dan and brad, shirlee was big sis. the family glue after the parents divorced when they were young. she was the one that organized everything. she would call you before somebody s birthday and say, you know, it s somebody s birthday on thursday, you know. or, she would get everybody to go in on gifts and she would help with the shopping and that aspect of it, you just don t realize it until it s gone. for shirlee s children, kelly and jeff, she was the single mom who worked two jobs and stretch to make every dollar meat. we were one of the poorest families in the neighboorhood. my mom worked bartending in the evening, cleaning at night.