Obit of Sharpe, Juanita Nelson - Grady County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Shelly Lynch  <leeshlynch@gmail.com>   24 Dec 2006
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Juanita Nelson Sharpe 

Juanita passed away on October 17, 2006 after a 
lengthy illness at the age of 85. Juanita was born January 16, 1921 in 
Tuskahoma, Oklahoma to Edwin T. and Ida Jewel Nelson. She graduated from 
nursing school at Chickasha Hospital and also received an associate degree 
in Nursing. In 1943, she was married to Randall H. Sharpe of Chickasha, 
OK. After raising 5 children, she returned to nursing in 1970 and worked 
as an R.N. at Presbyterian Hospital. She later retired from Oklahoma's 
Children's Memorial Hospital in 1984. Upon retiring, she enjoyed traveling 
to see her son in Tennessee and spending winters in Florida with her 
daughter. Juanita loved to cook at home and always enjoyed having family 
and friends at her house. She is preceded in death by her parents Edwin T. 
and Ida Nelson, Richard Dean Nelson (brother), Howard Nelson Sharpe (son) 
and an infant daughter. She is survived by her brother, Edwin T. Nelson, 
Jr. and wife Doris of Oklahoma City; son Randy and wife Linda Sharpe of 
Oklahoma City; son Bruce and wife Jackie Sharpe of Oklahoma City; son Gary 
and wife Deborah Sharpe of Oak Ridge, TN; daughter Nita and husband Mark 
Kraver of Cape Coral, FL. She is also survived by 9 grandchildren and 1 
great-granddaughter, Christopher and wife Leah Sharpe of Austin, TX; 
Stephen and great granddaughter Ella Kate Sharpe of Oklahoma City, Phillip 
and wife Jenny Kraver of Gainesville, FL, Jackie Sharpe of Atlanta, GA, 
Sarah Sharpe of Stillwater, OK, Laura Kraver of Boynton Beach, FL, Rachel 
Sharpe of Tempe, AZ, James Kraver of Orlando, FL, and Donny Sharpe of 
Johnson City, TN. Donations can be made to Oklahoma Children's Memorial 
Hospital.

Published in The Oklahoman on 10/20/2006.
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