SHARP, Lelia Kathleen (Rueschenberg) 1923-2015

SHARP, LANGENFELD, RUESCHENBERG

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 10/19/2015 at 13:49:06

February 15, 1923 - January 26, 2015

Lelia Kathleen Sharp, 91, of Waterloo, Iowa, died Monday, January 26, at the Martin Center of the Western Home Communities, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

She was born February 15, 1923, in Westphalia, the daughter of Frank and Dorthea Langenfeld Rueschenberg. She married Roger F. Sharp on July 4, 1946, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Waterloo and he died August 27, 1989.

Lelia was employed at Chamberlain Manufacturing and New York Fashion both in Waterloo. She also was a homemaker.

Survivors include: her daughter, Kathie Sage of Waterloo; four grandchildren, eight great- grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; a brother, Delbert (Anne) Rueschenberg of Westphalia; a sister, Viola Stevenson of Omaha, Neb.

Preceded in death by: two sons, Michael Sharp and Gerard Sharp in infancy; a brother, Quentin Rueschenberg.

Services are on Friday, January 30, 2015, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with inurnment in Calvary Cemetery. Public visitation from 4-7 P.M. Thursday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street, where there will be a 4 P.M. rosary and 6:30 P.M. vigil service. Visitation also one hour prior to services Friday at the church.

Memorials: may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice.

In her memory, we as her family, would like you to consider doing the following: Enjoy coffee with cherished acquaintances, volunteer your time, go to a yard sale (one man’s junk is another man’s treasure), take a walk outdoors, attend mass, enjoy a glass of wine with those you love while reminiscing about life’s heart-felt treasures, say a daily prayer for each family member and friend, hug your children and grandchildren, call or send a note to a relative or an old friend you haven’t spoken to in a while, go line dancing, bake or cook something for someone in need, read a book, take time to smell the roses while tending to your yard, laugh often, love much, and somewhere Lea with Rog will be smiling!

Lea’s family would like to thank the Western Home Communities for the outstanding care Lea received in the time she spent there.

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