Services for Sharon Frances Utterback, 72, of Perry, will be at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, June 22, 2023, at Bienhoff Funeral Home in Perry, with Pastor Paul Mitchell Young officiating. Burial will follow in the Lick Creek Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 9:00 A.M. until the time of the service at the funeral home.
Ms. Utterback passed away at 1:05 P.M., Sunday, June 18, 2023, at Capitol Regional Hospital in Jefferson City.
Sharon was born on August 7, 1950, in Hannibal, the daughter of Melvin Curtis and Frances Mae Bloomfield Utterback.
Survivors include; several cousins, other relatives, and a host of friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Curtis and Frances Utterback.
Ms. Utterback was a lifetime area resident and Christian by faith. Growing up she enjoyed playing pitch with her Fagan area friends. She graduated from Mark Twain High School in 1968 and would go on to get her bachelors, Masters, and specialist degree in education. She taught for twenty-four years as a second-grade teacher, four years in reading recovery and two years as a STARR teacher before her retirement. Sharon has always seen joy in fireworks, Christmas time, dogwoods blooming, watching boat races at her lake house, and tulip festivals on her occasional trips to Iowa. Most of all Sharon enjoyed her friends and pets, whether that was at Entre Nous or Wednesday Club meetings or her favorite of trying new restaurants. Sharon had several pets that were family, Princess Lizzy, Coco, Maggie May, Beautiful, and Precious were all very close to Sharon.
Pallbearers will be Oscar Jones, Derrick Moss, Paul Parkinson, Aaron Young, Brandon Young, and Tim Trower.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in care of Bienhoff Funeral Home, P.O. Box 427, Perry, Missouri 63462.
