Sammis, Sharon D. 1942 - 1995

SAMMIS, YOUNG, DEETS

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/23/2013 at 00:08:42

Sharon D. Sammis, 52, of Nora Springs, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995. Her
body was cremated. There was no visitation or services held. Ward-Van Slyke
Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to the Cousteau Society, in memory of Sharon D.
Sammis.

Sharon was born Aug. 12, 1942, in Nora Springs, the daughter of Ward W.
Deets and Saddie E. Deets (nee) Young. She was married to George Sammis in
1963.

Sharon grew up in Clear Lake and graduated from Clear Lake High School in
1960. She lived for short periods of time in Kansas City, Ks., and New York
City, N.Y., before ing to the Clear Lake area in 1968.

Sharon was a stockholder and handled export sales for Mach III, Mason
City, for 25 years until retiring in 1992. After retirement she stayed on the
board of directors as a consultant. She was an avid reader and a world-wide
traveler. She enjoyed raising American Saddlebread horses.

She was a member of American Saddlebread Association, the Cousteau
Society, and the Confederate Air Force of America.

She is survived by her mother, Sadie Deets, Clear Lake; one son, T.R.
Sammis II, Saipan; three brothers, Douglas Deets and his wife, Sarah and their
children, Mitch and Jill, Rochester, Minn., Jeffrey Deets and his wife, Ellen,
and their children, Dan and Sarah, Burchinal, and Mike Deets and his wife,
Betsy, and their children, Matt, Michelle, and Nathan, Clear Lake; one sister,
Carolyne Hudson and her husband,

Wayne, Oakland, Calif.; a special aunt, June Carr, Clear Lake; and numerous
other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her father, Ward Deets; and her
parents-in-law, Ted and Thelma Sammis.