SHARON
YOUNG LEE – July 23, 1948 – September 18, 2021
Born July 23, 1948
Died September 18, 2021
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“My name is Sharon Lee and I was born on July 23,
1948 at 8:53 P.M. EST at Mills Hospital, Towanda PA to Olon Ottis Young
and Sylvia Viola (Jennings) Young. I have had a most fruitful life and
good life. I attended first grade
in three different states – Pennsylvania, New York and Mississippi.
In Houston, Mississippi my first-grade class received one of the
first Salk immunizations against polio.
There were over two dozen bawling kids in that class all lined up
to get shots from a huge needle as I recall and because I was “Young” at
the end of the line!
In 1966, I graduated from Biglerville, PA high
school and entered Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH on a National
Merit scholarship. I studied
two semesters abroad – first at La Universidad de los Andes in Bogota
Columbia and second at La Universidad Nacional in Managua, Nicaragua.
After graduation, I continued on scholarships at Ohio University
to earn a Spanish Literature MA in 1972 and another MA in applied
linguistics in 1973.
In 1976, I moved to Albuquerque, NM where I worked
at Quinn & Co., a brokerage firm, and met and married George Arthur Lee
on May 27, 1977 at 7:00 P.M.
We moved to Roswell, NM where I completed a 30-year career with the
Social Security Administration and George earned his BA and MA, taught
in Roswell schools until 1990 when he started his own business, OIC
Computer Services. I retired
in 2008 to begin all the activities on my bucket list: quilting with
Sisters in Stitches, Aerobics, Zumba, fencing, water aerobics, tutoring
at the literary Council, studying Hebrew, knitting hats [almost 1,000]
for the homeless, playing Mah Jong , walking 10 to 12 miles a week,
yoga, and teaching Senior Sunday school at Roswell First Church of the
Nazarene.
In 2020, COVID ended the activities and Cancer
sprouted. Thanks to UNMCCC’s
Dr. Rutledge and Dr. Lee in Albuquerque I received the best treatment by
the kindest means possible. The cancer was an aggressive metastasizing
squamous cell carcinoma. I went home on September 18, 2021 for Jesus has
promised, “I go to prepare a place for you that where I am, there you
may be, also.””
Sharon is survived by a sister, Janice Rachel
(Young) Glibbery and husband Eric Glibbery of Las Vegas, NV, her husband
George Arthur Lee of Roswell, NM, numerous cousins, two sisters-in-law –
Ann (Lee) Dyer of North Berwick, ME and Nilaida Lee of Lubbock, TX,
niece Kimberly (Lee)
Swindoll and her husband Christopher Swindoll and their daughter Amelia
and nephew Brian Roger Lee, Jr. of Houston, TX and several other nieces
and nephews and all of her friends whom she loved.
Her best friends, Feli Bunton and Peggi Roberson were very
special to her.
Sharon was a true servant of God.
She did her best to help people understand how God loves all and
to help lead people to God and His blessings.
She did not falter with her beliefs and trust in the Lord and
prayed every day for others.
She also was a member of a prayer calling group and was always faithful
to her callings.
Sharon and George had numerous hobbies which with
God’s blessings enjoyed to the fullest.
The following is a direct quote from Sharon in her
last week before going home:
“Dear Lord, You are my God, You are my God and I need You and I need to
come home. Dear Lord, this
is more than I can bear.
I’ve done everything You have asked and that I can bear and I’ve just
had enough. Please take me home, please Lord.
Everybody understands that.
I want to redo my obituary because I don’t want it to be all
about me…”
I, her husband George felt that the people of
Roswell should know of her accomplishments and what a loss she is to the
community so I transcribed the first obituary verbatim.
My special thanks to Stacy, Maureen and Melissa of Kindred
Hospice and the very special staff for giving Sharon real quality of
life in her last month and their kindness and Megan Brandt of Ponderosa
Medical with her care and concern.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Sharon’s name to
Casa Esperanza in Albuquerque, Kindred Hospice in Roswell or send
flowers to a special Nursing Home of your choice.
Any flowers at the gravesite will be donated to local nursing
homes. Sharon did love
pretty things and always wanted to share.
She will be interred at Memory Lawn Cemetery with a
graveside service. Pastor Nate Bienhoff will officiate.
Funeral is under the kind direction of Anderson
Bethany Funeral Home & Crematory
A Graveside Service will be held at Memory Lawn
Cemetery on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 9:00 AM.
Please take a moment and share a fond memory or
kind expression with Sharon’s family at
www.andersonbethany.com.
Sharon’s tribute was written in her honor by her
family.
