Shawne Worley, 75, a fearless explorer and connoisseur of life’s grand adventures, peacefully transitioned to his next spiritual realm on July 19, 2025 after a two-year wrestle with liver cancer. Born October 2, 1949 in Shakopee, he spent much of his life in Chaska and Delano. From 1968 to 1972 he served in the Marines with a 13 month stay in Vietnam. When he returned, he signed on with Edina’s Sico Manufacturing Company where he worked for 38 years creating lunchroom tables, band/choir risers, and staging for schools and event centers. He boasted that they produced the Cadillacs in the industry, and wherever he traveled he would proudly point them out. When he retired, he started the weekly movie club at the Delano Senior Center. His slogan was “Come for the popcorn, stay for the movie!” because each week he made the old-fashioned stove top popcorn with real butter. He purchased all the movies he showed and left behind a collection of about 1000 movies. He was an active DFL supporter, serving as Senate District 29’s Outreach and Inclusion Officer for eight years. He was proud to have been voted to be a delegate to the state convention in Rochester the year Governor Walz ran for office. Shawne also served on the Steering Committee for Wright County Indivisible starting in 2016. Shawne was a Buddhist and was elated to originally find and then attend St. Paul’s UCC Church in Delano because he saw that congregation moving on the same spiritual path of love, social justice, and acceptance of all people. The congregation was proud to have a Buddhist join their family and enjoyed learning about the religion. His great joy was to reconnect with his prom date from 1967, Lani Brown, after both lost their spouses in 2006. They were married in 2009 and together starting in 2014 they had the honor of doing full-time daycare for Baby Pria, Traci (Lani’s only child) and Ryan Moore’s fourth child. Shawne had never raised a child, and he flourished learning to be a grandpa to McKenna, Kiera, and Chloe Moore too. He attended preschool with Pria and in the pre-K sat outside the classroom door when she was anxious about being left there. He was an expert on Peppa Pig, My Little Pony, Doc McStuffins, Barbie, and American Girl dolls because he shopped for them, watch cartoons with Pria, and learned the storylines so he knew what to say when they played-acted scenes. Shawne also loved traveling around the country, but his favorite places were in Canada especially Nova Scotia. A celebration of Shawne’s life will be held on Saturday, August 2 at 11:00 (visitation at 9:00) at St. Paul’s UCC Church in Delano. A Buddhist who lives to be 75 years old merits red flowers symbolizing his long life.