Obit of Temple, Sharon J. - Kiowa County, Oklahoma Thanks to Bakersfield Californian for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.bakersfield.com/ 04 Jun 2006 Return to Kiowa County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kiowa/kiowa.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::NOT LISTED Temple, Sharon J. Memorial services will be held at Westside Church of Christ, 7300 Stockdale Highway, in Bakersfield, CA, Friday, April 28th, at 1:00 p.m., for Sharon J. Temple, 71, who passed from this life at home in Bakersfield, CA. Sharon was born October 1, 1934, in Mangum, Oklahoma to James Ross and Beatrice Irene George. She married Richard Hutchins in 1951, the father of her three children. She was preceded in death by her mother and father; Aunt Vinita and Uncle Roy McLain (who raised her); husband, Jim Williams; husband, Don Mensch; a sister, Shirley Davis; and daughter, Scarlete. Sharon worked as Master of Ceremony at the afternoon and evening shows and was known as "Miss Starlight" in Amarillo, TX on live Television and was a John Roberts Powers model and instructor in the 1950's before moving to Bakersfield, CA with her two daughters. In Bakersfield she was active in the community for many years helping to begin the Junior League of Bakersfield; coordinating fashion shows at Brock's Dept. Store; fundraising for March of Dimes and Muscular Dystrophy; began Miss Kern County of the Miss America Pageant; owned a large beauty shop in Hillcrest shopping center; owned a race car which raced at Bakersfield Speedway; hired as first female district manager for K-Mart covering Las Vegas, NV and Southern California; apartment manager for Realty Management Services (RMS) for more than 15 years. She married Richard L. Temple October 1, 1987 and helped to raise his four children. Sharon was raised in the Hobart, OK Church of Christ and later in life was an active member of the Westside Church of Christ for the last 18 years. She demonstrated God's love for life and people and was loved and remembered by everyone who ever met her. She is survived by daughters, Sharlotte Campbell and husband, Mike of Oklahoma City, OK and Sheila Davis and husband, Scoop of Appleton, NY. She is survived by her stepchildren, Annette Temple of San Diego, Brenda Adams and husband, Jim of Wichita, KS, Rick Temple of Bakersfield and Ginger Malone and husband, Mike of Bakersfield; her grandchildren, Stephanie Barthalow, Michael Campbell, Jr., and Melanie Reddick of Oklahoma City; Skip Mulvey, Brian Mulvey and Jimmy Mulvey of Buffalo, NY; along with spouses and many great- grandchildren also survive her. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to the American Red Cross- Kern Chapter, P.O. Box 1226, Bakersfield, CA 93302. Sharon J. Temple Oct. 1, 1934 - Apr. 25, 2006 www.bakersfield.com/obits">www.bakersfield.com/obits Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 4/27/2006. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Kiowa County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kiowa/kiowa.html