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Funeral service for Sharon Louise Fain will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 5, 2016 in First Baptist Church, Chattanooga with Rev. Steve Sezate, Pastor officiating.
Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Friday at the funeral home.
Sharon Louise Fain, age 72, passed away at her home in Chattanooga, OK after losing her fight with cancer on February 29th 2016. She was born February 19th 1944 in Shawneetown, Illinois to Theodore "Buck" & Martha Nelson. She was the youngest of 7 brothers and 2 sisters. She graduated from Fairfield Community High School in Fairfield, IL in 1962. She married Robert L. "Jack" Fain January 31st 1977.
She started her career with Safeway/Homeland in 1974 and was with them until 1995. She worked at the Comanche County Assessor's Office in 1996-2006. She started working at the Chattanooga Post Office one day a week and found herself running it daily. She loved seeing everyone in the community and visiting with them.
Sharon enjoyed quilting, bowling, playing cards and most recently playing golf. She also loved going and watching her youngest granddaughter Mercedes bowl and play softball and basketball. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Chattanooga.
She is survived by two step-daughters Terri L. Carr of Oklahoma City and Denise Emry of Chattanooga; her step-son Robert "Jack" Fain, III of Joplin, Missouri; four granddaughters Jessica Christen & husband Richard, Olivia Sherry & husband Stephen all of Oklahoma City, Heather Shaw of Lawton and Mercedes Shaw of Chattanooga; one great grandson Ayden of Oklahoma City and two great granddaughters, Ashlyn RedElk and Hadleigh Shaw of Lawton; her sister Lena Gibson of Olney, Illinois; and 32 nieces and nephews.
Sharon is preceded in death by her parents, Buck and Martha Nelson, seven brothers, one sister and her husband, Jack Fain.
The family would like to thank the nurses and staff of Promise Care Hospice, Lupe Soliz and the ladies of 1st Baptist Church of Chattanooga. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Promise Care Hospice, First Baptist Church of Chattanooga or a charity of your choice in her honor/name.
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