Long-lost sister of woman, 99, who died with no family is FOUND after funeral home issued heartbreaking plea: 'God works in mysterious ways!'

A long-lost sister of a 99-year-old female who died successful Missouri was recovered aft a ceremonial location put retired a heartbreaking plea to find her family. 

When Katherine Shirley died successful Kansas City successful May, she had nary friends aliases family to observe her life and became a ward of nan authorities and was group to beryllium cremated.

When Marcom-Harvey Funeral Care learned nan female had already paid for her ceremonial and picked retired nan flowers she wanted, they agreed to springiness her nan due send-off she wanted, but they were hopeless to find her loved ones to subordinate in. 

A genealogist successful Nevada heard nan communicative and group retired to help, yet uncovering Shirley's half-sister, Shelia Johnson, who will beryllium flying retired for her sibling's ceremony of life connected August 9, according to Fox 4 Kansas City. 

Johnson has been searching for her long-lost sister for much than 50 years and was 'devastated' and 'heartbroken' to study she had passed. 

'I couldn't find her aliases thing and cipher knew thing astir Katherine isolated from that she went backmost to Kansas City, Missouri, and that was that was that. I gave up, I didn't cognize if she was live aliases dormant aliases what,' she told nan section outlet complete nan phone. 

The brace had mislaid interaction pinch each different aft Shirley moved backmost to Missouri from Los Angeles, California, according to Fox 4. 

Shirley lived astatine Life Care Center of Grandview, a nursing home, for nan past 30 years of her life, and had nary anterior addresses listed, making it astir impossibly for Johnson to find her. 

Now, Johnson is thanking nan benignant group of Kansas City for helping nan ceremonial find her and showing emotion toward her sister. 

'I’m truthful overwhelmed pinch joyousness and blessings knowing each that Kansas City, Missouri is doing for my sister,' she told Fox 4. 

Aesha Humphrey, nan co-owner of Marcom-Harvey Funeral Care, said nan feat shows nan 'goodness of humanity' and that they sewage calls and texts and emails from each complete nan world astir Shirley.

The precocious woman's ceremonial will beryllium unfastened to nan nationalist and plentifulness person vowed to travel observe Shirley's life adjacent week. 

They are encouraged to deterioration pinkish - Shirley's favourite color.