Sharon Ann Stutz, 74, of Lawrence, Kansas, passed peacefully in her home Thursday, October 24, 2019. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. Private burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
The former Sharon Ann Ogle was born December 28, 1944, in Rock Island, Illinois, the daughter of Homer and Estha May McReynolds Ogle. She married Thomas Stutz on November 24, 1962 in Moline, Illinois. He survives of the home.
After graduating from Rock Island High School in 1962, she moved from East Moline, Illinois to Lawrence, Kansas in 1975. While raising four children and working as a homemaker, she volunteered for the hospital and Meals on Wheels. She also enjoyed arranging flowers, working for University Floral. She found joy in family celebrations and following the activities of her children and grandchildren.
Sharon is survived by four children, eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two nieces and a nephew: Thomas Stutz of Kansas City, and a daughter, Jennifer Underwood (Christopher) of Las Vegas, and their two children, Thomas and C.J.; Connie Robertson (Michael) of Olathe, and their three children, Tanner, Caitlin and Hallie; Michael Stutz of Lawrence and his son, Matthew; and Sara Johnston (David) of Lawrence, and their three children, Sydney, Sophia and Austin; nieces, Colette Kissling (John) of Peoria, Arizona, and Beth Lawrence of Coal Valley, Illinois; a nephew, Kent Lawrence (Kimber) of Barrington, Illinois; and a niece-in-law, Sandy Lawrence of Moline, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister and brother-in-law, Margret and Albert Lawrence, her nephews, Rick and Jeff Lawrence, her daughter-in-law, Terri Stutz, and a daughter, Julie Ann.
The family suggests memorials to the Parkinson’s Foundation sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1260, Lawrence, KS 66044.
We are so sad to learn of Sharon’s passing. We shared many phone calls, car pools and school activities when Gretchen and Connie were in school together. Such a sweet, caring person and loving mother and friend.
Mike,
So sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts.
I will always treasure our 30+ years of friendship. Heaven has a new angel. R.I.P. my friend.
Mike,
I am so very sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Dear Mike,
I am very sorry for your loss and my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Kenny
Tom & Family: I met Tom & Sharon through a Haskell student. Thereafter I met with the group (5 couples) every Monday for dinner. It was a pleasure to have met Sharon & gotten to know her while I was living/working in Lawrence. I’m going to miss her, too! ((Hugs))
Dear Tom and family, we came to the “Dinner Group” late, but we enjoyed hanging out with you “old” folks. 🙂 All the fun conversations and arguments over eating at Pepper Jax every third Monday! Rex and I will miss Sharon’s stories about her family. We will raise our glasses of Pepsi and say a toast to her memory when next we meet.
I have such pleasant memories of Sharon and Tom from our Lawrence Parkinson’s Support Group. She always had such a pretty smile even while dealing with such a difficult illness. Although I won’t be able to attend the service on Wednesday, my thoughts will be with you all.
Stutz family, I am sorry to hear of Sharon’s passing. I have fond memories of her when Sara and I were growing up. Wishing you peace at such a difficult time.
Tom and Family: My thoughts and prayers are with you now and throughout the days and weeks a head.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Stutz family. It’s tough losing a mom but know she is in a better place watching over you all now.
Our thoughts and prayers to you and family.
A great woman was lost. I am sure mom was waiting at the gates of heaven to welcome her dear friend. My thoughts and prayers are with the entire Stutz family as they morn the loss of their wife and mother.
Our thoughts and prayers are with your family. Sharon will be missed so much. She was such a great friend to mom and dad and our family. May she Rest In Peace.
To the famil
To Sharon Family,Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and all her other family, may God Blessing be with you all. May you find the strength in God and know she at peace and in the loving arms of our Heavely Father. She will be missed my so many people life’s she touched, but remember all the the good times and she will alway have a place in our hearts and be with us. She will be looking down on all her family, but not in anymore pain and at peace and that is what she would want for her family, you can grief,be sad, but remember your Wife, Mother, Grandmother would want you to move on and be happy that was the person she was. You never forget or miss her, or cry sometime when you think of things, you just try to be the person who raised you and protected you loved you,and help you be the person you are, so she will alway be part of you and with you. Rest in Peace Sharon . So happy we share a family together and are friendship over the years, you will be greatly missed.