Sharen June (Strait) TERHARK

STRAIT, TERHARK, BAKER, LUSK, LARSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/28/2007 at 14:35:02

October 5, 2004

Sharen J. TerHark, 67, a native of Rowan, died on Wednesday, September 15, 2004, in Florida. Memorial services will be held on Monday, October 11, 2004, at 11:30 a.m., at the Tenold-Andrews Funeral Home in Belmond. Visitation will be from 10-11:30 a.m., at the funeral home prior to the service. Interment will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Eagle Grove.

Sharen June Strait, was born on September 21, 1936 at Rowan, the daughter of Emra and Almira (Larson) Strait. She was baptized and confirmed at the St. Olaf Church near Belmond and graduated from the Belmond Community High School in 1954. Sharen married Arnett D. TerHark on October 17, 1954, at St. Olaf. In 1970 the family moved to Ft. Lauderdale. In Florida, Sharen worked at the Coral Springs Bank and was assistant to the Principal at the Everglades Middle School. She was also manager of the Family Eye Clinic until she retired. Sharen enjoyed gardening, painting, dancing, and times spent with her friends. Her children and grandchildren were very important to her and she had been involved with their activities at school and home. She had been very active with school age children in the Broward County Schools. In earlier years she had been involved with the 4-H program, a member of the Belmond Busy Bees until 1954, and had served as a Cub and Boy Scout Leader in Spring Valley, Minnesota, for a number of years. She had also been active in girls softball and basketball.

Preceding Sharen in death were her parents; infant sister, Peggy Ann; partner, Barbara Lusk; ex-husband, Arnett TerHark; and sister-in-law, Kathie Strait. Survivors include her children, Debra Jean TerHark, Steven Terry (Karla) TerHark and Randall Lee (Diane) TerHark of Ft. Lauderdale; grandchildren, Jennifer, Amber and Tyler TerHark; sister, Myrna Rae (Terrell) Baker of Belmond; and brother, Charles James (Judy) Strait of Flomation, Alabama.

©Belmond Independent 2004