Brackey, Sharon Nylene (1940-2011)
BRACKEY, THORSON, BERGLAND, FELL, JAMTGAARD, HELLAND, WINKLBAUER, JONES
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/4/2011 at 21:17:46
Sharon Nylene Brackey
(June 23, 1940 - November 12, 2011)Sharon Nylene Brackey, age 71, of Lake Mills, Iowa, died Saturday, November 12, 2011, at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.
Sharon Brackey was born on June 23, 1940, in Lake Mills, Iowa, the daughter of Selmer and Nettie (Bergland) Thorson. She was baptized at Bethel Lutheran Church in Vinje, Iowa, and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Scarville. She graduated from Scarville High School in 1958.
On June 30, 1962, Sharon married Leroy Brackey at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Scarville. They had three children, Natalie, Lois, and Wayne.
Sharon started working at an early age. While still in high school, she worked at the grocery store in Scarville. After graduation, she worked at Stamper’s in Wells, Minnesota, and then at Deluxe in Lake Mills, Iowa. After their children were born, Sharon was a full time housewife and mother until all the children were in school. Then, she worked at the Lake Mills Care Center and later at the Fleetguard Child Care Center until she retired. Sharon had the pleasure of spending a lot of time caring for her grandchildren.
She was very active in her church and often volunteered to play bingo with the residents at the Lake Mills Care Center. She enjoyed traveling with the family on vacations and taking trips with Leroy after their family was grown. This year she was instrumental in getting the Thorson family farm recognized as a Century Farm at the Iowa State Fair. She loved to make scrapbooks for her children and grandchildren and was very interested in genealogy.
She is survived by her husband, Leroy, of Lake Mills, Iowa, and their children, Natalie (Mike) Fell, of Waseca, Minnesota, Lois (Mike) Jamtgaard, of Lake Mills, Iowa, and Wayne Brackey, of Joice, Iowa; and four grandchildren, Evan Fell and Joe, Samantha, and Christopher Jamtgaard. She is also survived by a sister and two brothers, Arden (Delores) Thorson, Roger (Lynn) Thorson, and Nancy (Richard) Helland; two sisters-in-law, Janice Winklbauer and Fern (Morris) Jones; and a brother-in-law, Steven (Beverly) Brackey; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Selmer and Nettie Thorson, and an infant daughter, Sarah.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at Salem Lutheran Church in Lake Mills, Iowa, with Pastor David E. Jordon officiating. Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery north of Scarville, Iowa.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at the Mittelstadt Funeral Home, 902 East Main Street, Lake Mills, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday.
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