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Mary Louise Daine Sharp (1931-2009)

SHARP, DAINE, MANTON, BONNFIELD, EMMONS, COOPER

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 7/8/2009 at 16:16:20

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, July 8, 2009.

Mary Louise Daine Sharp, formerly of Ottumwa, died Sunday, July 5, 2009, at Deerfield Health Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, at First Presbyterian Church in Ottumwa, with the Rev. Neal Allen officiating. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, July 9, at Robertson-Jay Funeral Home in Ottumwa, with the family present from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

She was born June 17, 1931, in Waubay, S.D., to Dr. J. Manton and Dorothy Olsen Daine. She grew up in Ames and graduated from Ames High School. She attended the University of Iowa and Iowa State University.

She married Allen Bonnfield Sharp Aug. 3, 1952, in Ames, and moved to Ottumwa, Allen’s hometown. He died April 4, 1995. Mary moved to Deerfield Retirement Community in 2005 to be closer to her children.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Fortnightly Club, Gamma Phi Beta, Order of the Knoll and a 50-year member of P.E.O. Chapter HR. She also was very involved in her community, where she volunteered for the Ottumwa Hospital Auxiliary. She enjoyed bridge clubs, bowling leagues, golf and ISU athletics. She and Allen enjoyed traveling with their friends and spending winters on Captiva Island, Fla.

Remembering her with love are her children, Julie (Larry) Emmons, Daine Allen Sharp and Daniel Lee (Tracy) Sharp; her grandchildren, Jordan and Justyn Sharp and Abigail and Mary Alyssa Emmons; and her brother, John (Pat) Daine.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Allen; one brother, Dr. William Daine; and one sister, Diane Cooper.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be to Heartland Humane Society, First Presbyterian Church or Ottumwa Regional Health Center.

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