LARSEN, Sharon Kay (Harms) --- 1942-2011
BACHMANN, HARMS, LARSEN, ROBSON, LOKEN, JOHNSON, SIVESIND, EHLING, SLY
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Date: 7/14/2011 at 11:50:11
Sharon Harms Larsen
Sharon Kay Harms Larsen, 68, of Waukon died Friday, May 20, 2011 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 24 at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waukon, with Pastor David Schafer officiating. Burial was at Old West Paint Creek Cemetery.
Sharon Larsen was born June 11, 1942 in Greene to William and Caroline (Bachmann) Harms. Her family moved to Elma and later to Waukon. May 24, 1958 she married Donald Larsen at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Sharon was a homemaker and a cook at various restaurants in Waukon. Sharon’s pride and joy were her children and grandchildren. She would visit them and loved to bake and cook for them as often as she could. Her specialties were her potato salad, chocolate dessert, chocolate chip cookies and homemade noodles. She loved to play Euchre at the Harms family reunions.
Sharon’s faith and church were very important to her. She was co-president of the Sarah Circle and part of the Mission Circle Quilting groups at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church. Sharon also volunteered at the Good Samaritan Center.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Larsen of Waukon; nine children, Pamela (Mike) Robson of Coon Valley, WI, Bryan (Mary) Larsen of Holmen, WI, Sue (Randy) Loken of Mindoro, WI, Scott (Karla) Larsen of Livingston, WI, Todd Larsen of Lansing, Bruce (Janet) Larsen of Lansing, Chad (Kelly) Larsen of Zanesville, OH, Michelle (Steve) Johnson of Holmen, WI, and John (Crystal) Larsen of Clinton; 34 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three brothers, Duane (Verna) Harms of Denver, Donald (Betty) Harms of Marble Rock, and David (Carol) Harms of Alpharetta, GA; a sister, Donna Sivesind of Waukon; a brother-in-law, Bill Ehling of Floyd; and a sister-in-law, Donna Harms of San Jose, CA. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Harold, Willard and Roger Harms; three sisters, Mabel Ehling, Cora Harms and Shirley Sly; and two brothers-in-law, Gordon Sivesind and Walt Sly.
Casketbearers were Robert Robson, Joshua Larsen, Jacob Loken, Christopher Larsen, Mitchell Larsen and Zachery Larsen. Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society or the Livestrong Foundation.The Waukon Standard, May 25, 2011
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