Background
Duffield, Shirley June was born on June 1, 1925 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Howard and Ethel Marie (Kellogg) Brown.
Duffield, Shirley June was born on June 1, 1925 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Howard and Ethel Marie (Kellogg) Brown.
Bachelor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1946.
Staff writer decorating department, House Beautiful Magazine, New York City, 1947-1949; feature writer, Grand Rapids Herald, 1950-1954; columnist interior design, Grand Rapids Press, 1974-1979; interior designer, Russell H. Cole, Inc., Grand Rapids, 1974-1977; design partner, Duffield & Krause, Grand Rapids, 1977-1993; owner, Shirley Duffield Interiors, Grand Rapids, since 1993.
Member planning committee 1st Annual Festival Art, Art Museum, Grand Rapids, 1964. Co-chairman, curator 20th Century Painting Show-Womens Committee, Art Museum, Grand Rapids, 1966.
Married Bethune Duffield, January 26, 1952. Children: Margaret Brooks Duffield Segerberg, Melinda Boyd Duffield Parise, Amy Jstine Duffield Russell.