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Sharon K. Geurink
Born: 12/9/1935
Died: 12/27/2010
Age: 75
Community: Blue Grass, IA
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Funeral Services to Celebrate the Life of Sharon K. Geurink, 75, a resident of Blue Grass, will be 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 31, 2010 at the Halligan McCabe DeVries 614 Main Street, Davenport. Burial will in Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. at the Halligan McCabe DeVries Funeral Home. Sharon died Monday, December 27, 2010 at Select Specialty Hospital in Davenport following a lengthy illness.
Sharon Kathleen Madden was born December 9, 1935 in Davenport, a daughter of Thomas and Kathryn (Duffy) Madden. She was united in marriage to LeRoy DuFault on August 28, 1954. She later married Robert H. Geurink on May 26, 1990 in Blue Grass, Iowa. She was a graduate of ICA in 1953 and received her Bachelors from Marycrest College. In 1976, she completed her Masters Degree in Social Work from University of Iowa, all while raising seven children. Sharon had been employed as a Regional Director for the Department of Children and Family Services in Illinois retiring in 2000.
Sharon was very artistic, and her home looked at times like a crafts store. She could literally do it all out of both necessity and pleasure. She loved to sew, crochet, do woodwork, make clothing and jewelry and was a wonderful cook. Sharon had a great passion for volunteering. She taught arts and crafts at day camps in Buffalo and helped to teach migrant workers from Mexico, English. Sharon also enjoyed swimming, camping, ballroom dancing and square dancing. Her children remember their mother as being a detective when they were younger; she always had a keen sense when they were raising Cain.
Memorials may be made to the Quad-City Chapter of the American Red Cross.
She is survived by her loving husband Robert, her children Cherie DuFault, Moline, IL, Michael (Diane) DuFault, Rock Island, IL, Kathleen (Chris) Buesing, Davenport, John Christopher (Sondra) DuFault, Orlando, FL, Lynne Ricketts, Blue Grass, Diane Whipps, Zion, IL; 20 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren with 3 on the way; and a sister, Joy Hoffman, Arlington, VA.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Jenine, a granddaughter, Erika, a brother Thomas P. Madden, a sister Colleen Burke, her parents, her step-father, Dr. J. R. Shorey, and her first husband LeRoy DuFault. Online remembrances and condolences may be expressed by visiting Sharon’s obituary at www.hmdfuneralhome.com
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| Visitation will be held Thursday, December 30, 2010 from 4 - 7 p.m. at Halligan McCabe DeVries Funeral Home, Davenport. |
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12/31/2011 |
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11:00 AM |
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