3/31/1939 - 8/9/25/2021
Sharon Oates, age 82 a resident of Kenton, Ohio and a former Jay County
resident, passed away Monday, August 9, 2021 at Blanchard Valley Hospital in
Findlay, Ohio. She retired from Jay School Corporation where she was the
food service manager for Dunkirk schools. She was a volunteer for Ohio
Health Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton.
She was a 1957 graduate
of Redkey High School, and a member of the First Baptist Church, in Kenton.
Sharon Oates was born March 31, 1939 in Portland, Indiana the daughter
of Everett and Aunita (Ford) Gordon. She was married to Lowell Turner and he
passed away in 1983. She then married Gene Oates in 1992.
Survivors
Include:
Her husband- Gene Oates, Kenton, Ohio
3 Sons- Scott
Turner (wife-Carmelita). Redkey, Indiana, Greg Turner (wife-Niki), Santa
Clause, Indiana, and Gene Turner (wife-Linda), Anderson, S.C.
3
Daughters- June Harbor (husband-Jess), Lewistown, Ohio, Cheryl Marshall
(husband-Bob), Marysville, Ohio, and Vicki Carrington, Anderson S.C.
Brother- Robert Gordon (wife-Ramona), Redkey, Indiana
Sister- Sandra
Loyd (husband-Larry), Portland, Indiana
15 Grandchildren, several
Great Grandchildren
She was preceded in death by 2 sons- Troy and
Mark Turner, a granddaughter- Sarona Turner and a daughter- Vicky Oates
Visitation will be held from 9:00am-11:00am Saturday in the
Williamson-Spencer and Penrod Funeral Home in Portland. Services will
immediately follow at 11:00am at the funeral home. Pastor Jonathan Edwards
will officiate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Redkey.
A Memorial service will also be held at a later date in Kenton,Ohio
Williamson-Spencer Funeral Home; August 10, 2021
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Redkey