Shannon Pinette, age 49, passed on Sunday, May 16, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas after a long illness.

Shannon was born on August 24, 1968 in Augusta, Georgia. She graduated from Sheridan High School, Sheridan Oregon, in 1986, received her bachelor's degree from Grinnell University in Iowa in 1990, and her PhD from the University of Chicago school of Divinity in 1997.

She taught for several years at Florida State University achieving tenure. She decided to leave academia after meeting her future husband. She joined her husband when he was stationed at Langley AFB, Virginia and Sheppard AFB, Texas before he retired from the Air Force. They settled into San Antonio in 2008.

Shannon leaves a legacy of caring, kindness, and grace to all those who knew her. She converted to Catholicism two months before her death which served as a great comfort in her final days.

Shannon is survived by her husband, Kevin Pinette, her mother, Ritchie Burkes, and her father, Glenn Burkes.

FUNERAL SERVICES

A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday, 25 May, at 10:00 A.M. at St. Brigid Catholic Church, 6907 Kitchener Street, San Antonio, TX.