Dawson-Phelps County NeArchives Obituaries.....Carpenter, Sharon K. Parsons September 27, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Sept. 29, 2010
Sharon Kay Carpenter, 65 years of age, of Holdrege, died Monday, Sept. 27, 
2010 at the Bertrand Nursing Home in Bertrand. 

Funeral Services for Sharon K. Carpenter will be held at the Evangelical Free 
Church in Loomis on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Tom 
Thompson, officiating.

Interment will be in the Overton Cemetery at Overton.

Visitation will be held at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege on 
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 from 1 p.m. – 8 p.m. with the family greeting friends 
from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m

She was born July 16, 1945 at Cozad, the daughter of Herbert and Freda (Buss) 
Parsons.  Sharon received her education from the Cozad Public Schools.  

Following her education, she helped her mother at home and assisted with the 
household duties for the family. 
 
On July 27, 1963 at the United Methodist Church in Cozad, Sharon was united in 
marriage to Keith Gene Carpenter and to this union four children were born:  
Jerry, Terry, Rosetta and Barry.  The family made their home in Cozad until 
1979 when they moved to Overton.

After the children graduated they moved to Kearney for a period of time and 
then moved to Colby, Kan.  In 1994, they moved to Holdrege.  Sharon operated 
restaurants in the Overton and Loomis area.  She will be remembered for her 
restaurant in Loomis called Sharon’s Home Cookin’, which she operated until 
her failing health.  Cooking was always a joy for Sharon and she loved 
teaching her grandchildren how to cook as well.  On Dec. 6, 2000 she was 
preceded in death by Keith.  On Oct. 12, 2002, she was united in marriage to 
Dean S. Weeder.  On Jan. 25, 2007, she was preceded in death by Dean.  Sharon 
continued to reside in Holdrege, until the end of July when she made her home 
at the Bertrand Nursing Home due to her failing health.

She leaves to mourn her passing her four children:  Jerry (Laura) Carpenter of 
Moberly, Mo., Terry Carpenter of San Francisco, Calif., Rosie (Mark) Williams 
of Loomis and Barry (Gena) Carpenter of Overton; 11 grandchildren, Broc 
(Meagan) Carpenter, Brooke Carpenter and her fiancé, Thomas Twyford, Shelby 
and Casey Kelley, Matthew and Cameron Carpenter, Tyler (Courtney) Williams, 
Taylor Williams, Alison (Cole) Robinson, Alicia Carpenter and Arran Carpenter; 
four great-grandchildren,  Kaleb, Jase, Ashton and Brecken; four brothers,  
Harold (Lorraine) Parsons of Cozad, Larry (Connie) Parsons of Great Bend, 
Kan., Gene (Shirley) Parsons of Cozad, Dick Parsons of Gothenburg; one sister, 
Lucille (Robert) Parrett of Fremont and a host of nieces, nephews, other 
relatives and friends. 

Besides her parents and husbands, Sharon was preceded in death by six 
brothers:  Melvin, Don, Kenny, Duayne, Ronald and Raymond Parsons at the age 
of one year. 


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