Due to Covid-19 restrictions a tentative funeral service will be held at a later date.
She is remembered lovingly by her husband, Jim; their son Kevin and his wife Natasha; sisters Jean Mortin of Saskatoon and Linda Ferguson of Plymouth, Minnesota; mothers-in-law Ruth Jeeves of Grenfell and Jean Ward of Hudson Bay; aunt Peg Mortin of Regina; sisters-in-law Isabel Mortin Flemons of Calgary, Shelly Ward of Preeceville and Vicki (Leonard) Piwtorak and Thelma (Barry) Onyskiw of Hudson Bay; and by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her parents, Helen and Ernie Mortin, brother David, father-in-law Ron Jeeves and brothers-in-law Ed Jeeves and Jim Ward.
Sharon was born on Sept. 10, 1951 and grew up in Dilke and Bethune, a sociable child who loved to brush her father’s curly hair and enjoyed visiting the farm of Aunt Peg and Uncle Jack Mortin. Music was vital to her; almost from babyhood, she sang: on her father’s knee, in school concerts, in United Church choirs in Dilke and Bethune, with the Hetherington Singers, and at folk singing venues in Regina.
After high school in Lumsden, she studied at Reliance Business College in Regina and worked at Credit Union Centre and several restaurants there. She met Jim when her car needed mechanical help, and they were married on Oct. 6, 1979. They worked in Regina until Jim’s parents retired in 1989 and they took over the family farm near Wolseley. There they raised their son Kevin.
Sharon found work in Wolseley that she loved: first, in a day care centre she started and ran for a year and a half, and then as librarian for 21 years of the local branch of Southeast Regional Library. With a lifelong love of reading behind her, she welcomed children to the library, knew the kinds of books each reader wanted, and introduced classes, authors, a summer reading program and opportunities such as star-gazing and a teddy bear tea.
She was also closely involved with Wolseley United Church, singing in the choir for several years and serving on the church board even longer, and together with Jim was active in the Wolseley branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.
She had retired from the library just months before she was diagnosed with rapidly-spreading cancer. She entered Broadview Union Hospital Palliative Care Centre on Jan. 30, and her family is grateful to the staff who helped her through many difficult times.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to the places she valued so highly: Town of Wolseley - Wolseley Public Library, Box 310 Wolseley, SK S0G 5H0. Wolseley St. James United Church, Box 465 Wolseley, SK S0G 5H0 or to Broadview Health Foundation - Palliative Care Centre, Box 670 Broadview, SK S0G 0K0
Arrangements in care of Tubman Cremation and Funeral Services. 1-800-667-8962
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