Yesterday, January 5th, 2018, Helen “Grandma” Sharp passed away. She was 98 years young. She was my wife Annette’s maternal grandmother. Quite a few of you have had the pleasure of meeting Grandma, either at OH-STOC or the Moonshine Lunch Run. Maybe you enjoyed some of her homemade pie, played a hand of euchre with her, or discussed Cincinnati Reds baseball. She always looked forward to “her boys” on the motorcycles coming to share some good times with her!
We shared our home with her for most of the last 12 years, and she taught us so much. She loved to travel and we often took her on trips. We made it a point to include her in as much as we could, including my motorcycle adventures.
She moved back to her home in 2016, with lots of family visiting and helping with her care. On December 17th, we had her annual Christmas party. At first she wasn't going to get out of bed to go but we persuaded her to do so. 76 out of the 109 family members were there. Those are her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. There were 5 generations there. When we got her back to her house and settled in, Annette asked her if she had a good day. She said, "I did."
Annette spent some time with her yesterday afternoon, snuggled up with her and telling her stories. Grandma passed shortly after that time. She is at rest now…
Here are a few pictures of some of Grandma’s adventures:
Here is a link to her obituary: https://www.mytaylorfuneralhome.com/notices/Helen-Sharp
We shared our home with her for most of the last 12 years, and she taught us so much. She loved to travel and we often took her on trips. We made it a point to include her in as much as we could, including my motorcycle adventures.
She moved back to her home in 2016, with lots of family visiting and helping with her care. On December 17th, we had her annual Christmas party. At first she wasn't going to get out of bed to go but we persuaded her to do so. 76 out of the 109 family members were there. Those are her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. There were 5 generations there. When we got her back to her house and settled in, Annette asked her if she had a good day. She said, "I did."
Annette spent some time with her yesterday afternoon, snuggled up with her and telling her stories. Grandma passed shortly after that time. She is at rest now…
Here are a few pictures of some of Grandma’s adventures:
Here is a link to her obituary: https://www.mytaylorfuneralhome.com/notices/Helen-Sharp
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