Sharon Kay (Phillips) Dennis (1946-2007)

DENNIS, PHILLIPS, RUSSELL, GUYER, LUCENTE, DUTTON

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 2/28/2007 at 07:08:55

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, February 27, 2007.

April 23, 1946-Feb. 24, 2007

Sharon Kay (Phillips) Dennis, 60, of Des Moines, went to be with the Lord Saturday, Feb. 24, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, after a courageous fight against cancer. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, at First Federated Church in Des Moines, with burial in Glendale Cemetery.

Sharon Kay (Phillips) Dennis was born April 23, 1946, in Creston, to Rollen and Betty (Russell) Phillips. The family settled in Ames, where Sharon graduated from Ames High School in 1964. She studied at Iowa State University before marrying Raymond C. Dennis March 6, 1965, at First United Methodist Church in Ames. She enjoyed a successful career as a client associate, first at Meredith Corporation and later at EDS in Des Moines.

She was a creative person, whose interests included designing handcrafted greeting cards, sewing, knitting and other needlework. She loved birds, antiques and spending time with friends and family. She was a lady of great faith and a member of First Federated Church.

She is survived by her husband, Ray Dennis; one son, Michael Dennis, and his wife, Janet, of West Des Moines; one daughter, Merrily Guyer, her husband, Aaron, and grandson, Carter, all of Wichita, Kan.; her parents, Rollen and Betty Phillips, of Ames; siblings, Linda Lucente, of Arlington, Texas, Rhonda Dutton, of Ames, and Rick Phillips and his wife, Carol, of Columbus, Ohio; and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 tonight at Hamilton's Funeral Home, 605 Lyon St., Des Moines.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.

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