Sharon Kay Carpenter

Funeral Services for Sharon K. Carpenter will be conducted from the Evangelical Free Church in Loomis, Nebraska on Friday, October 1, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. with Reverend Tom Thompson, officiating. Interment will be in the Overton Cemetery at Overton, Nebraska.

Sharon Kay Carpenter, 65 years of age, of Holdrege, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, September 27, 2010 at the Bertrand Nursing Home in Bertrand, Nebraska. She was born July 16, 1945 at Cozad, Nebraska, the daughter of Herbert and Freda (Buss) Parsons. Sharon received her education from the Cozad Public Schools. Following her education, she helped her mother at home and assisted with the household duties for the family.


On July 27, 1963 at the United Methodist Church in Cozad, Sharon was united in marriage to Keith Gene Carpenter and to this union four children were born: Jerry, Terry, Rosetta and Barry. The family made their home in Cozad until 1979 when they moved to Overton. After the children graduated they moved to Kearney, Nebraska for a period of time and then moved to Colby, Kansas. In 1994, they moved to Holdrege. Sharon operated restaurants in the Overton and Loomis area. She will be remembered for her restaurant in Loomis called Sharon's Home Cookin, which she operated until her failing health. Cooking was always a joy for Sharon and she loved teaching her grandchildren how to cook as well. On December 6, 2000 she was preceded in death by Keith. On October 12, 2002, she was united in marriage to Dean S. Weeder. On January 25, 2007, she was preceded in death by Dean. Sharon continued to reside in Holdrege, until the end of July when she made her home at the Bertrand Nursing Home due to her failing health.

She leaves to mourn her passing her four children: Jerry Carpenter and his wife, Laura of Moberly, Missouri, Terry Carpenter of San Francisco, California, Rosie Williams and her husband, Mark of Loomis and Barry Carpenter and his wife, Gena of Overton; eleven grandchildren: Broc Carpenter and his wife, Meagan, Brooke Carpenter and her fiancé, Thomas Twyford, Shelby and Casey Kelley, Matthew and Cameron Carpenter, Tyler Williams and his wife, Courtney, Taylor Williams, Alison Robinson and her husband, Cole, Alicia Carpenter, and Arran Carpenter; four great-grandchildren: Kaleb, Jase, Ashton and Brecken; four brothers: Harold Parsons and his wife, Lorraine of Cozad, Larry Parsons and his wife, Connie of Great Bend, Kansas, Gene Parsons and his wife, Shirley of Cozad, Dick Parsons of Gothenburg, Nebraska; one sister, Lucille Parrett and her husband, Robert of Fremont, Nebraska; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Besides her parents and husbands, Sharon was preceded in death by six brothers: Melvin, Don, Kenny, Duayne, Ronald and Raymond Parsons at the age of 1 year.

Visitation will be held at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege on Thursday, September 30, 2010 from 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. with the family greeting friends from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

A memorial has been established in her memory and will be designated at a later date.

Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com

The Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege is in charge of the arrangements.