Sharon L. Stein

Sharon L. Stein, age 77, of Ann Arbor, Michigan passed away on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Sharon was born June 12, 1943 in Norfolk, Virginia the daughter of the late Elmer D. and late Helen Penn. Sharon graduated from Concord Community High School and from the University of Michigan. She began her teaching career in Atlanta, Georgia, teaching hospitalized and homebound children. Sharon then taught in the Public Schools of Fort Worth Texas, and later at Texas Christian University. Most of her teaching career was spent at Abbot Elementary School, in the Ann Arbor Public Schools, from 1969 to 1990. Many of her students would remember Sharon calling them "Lovebugs." After Sharon's retirement from the Ann Arbor Public Schools, she volunteered at the Hands-On Museum, and at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School. She was a member of the Ann Arbor City Club. Sharon is survived her brother, Robert E. Penn, of Orange Park, Florida. Sharon's husband, Edward E. Stein, Jr. preceded her in death. Donations may be offered to the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association.

"When Tomorrow Starts Without Me"

When tomorrow starts without me, and I’m not here to see, if the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me;

I wish you wouldn’t cry the way you may have today, while thinking of the many things, we did not get to say.

When tomorrow starts without me, please try to understand, that an angel came and called my name, and took me by the hand,

The angel said my place was ready, in heaven far above, and that I would have to leave behind;

All those I Dearly Love.

I thought of all the yesterdays, the good ones and the bad, I thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had.

And when I thought of worldly things, I might miss come tomorrow, I thought of you, and when I did, my heart was filled with sorrow.

But When I walked through Heaven’s Gates I felt so much at home When GOD looked down and smiled at me from his golden throne,

He said “This is Eternity and all I promised you. Today your life on earth is done but here it starts anew. I promise no tomorrow, but today will always last and since each day’s the exact same way, there is no longing for the past.”

So When Tomorrow starts without me, do not think we’re far apart for every time you think of me remember I’m right here in your heart.

Author: David M Romano