Sharon Kay Parker, nee Gragg, 73, of Knox, IN, formerly of Urich and Clinton, MO, passed away in Highland, IL on July 22, 2019. Memorial service for Sharon will be on August 31, 2019 from 10:00-11:30am at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri. Inurnment will follow at Urich Cemetery, Urich, Missouri. Fond memories and condolences may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com .

Sharon was born August 31, 1945 in Kansas City, MO. Sharon enjoyed volunteering her time by distributing food from the food pantry at the Starke County Senior Services Center, being a member of the Starke County Historical Society, sewing, quilting, traveling, fishing, camping, and gardening. Her specialty was canning all fruits and vegetables from her garden, making homemade jelly, and sharing her knowledge of these processes. Sharon was a mother and grandmother to everyone she met and loved adding new extended family and friends with each person she met.

Sharon was preceded in death by her husband, Michael "Mickey" Parker and her parents, H.L. "Pete" and Bernice (nee Steward) Gragg.

Sharon is survived by her children, Mike Parker of Grovertown, IN and Glynda (Lance) Edmunds of Knox, IN; sisters, Margaret (Dan) Mauldin of Kilgore, TX, Shirley Wheeler of Dallas, TX and Patty (Herschel) Hatley of Lee's Summit, MO; grandchildren, Michael (Miranda) Parker, Chelsey Parker, Christopher Parker, Dillon (Patricia) Parker, Maryssa Guzman, Lauryn Guzman, Daniel Guzman, and Kaedyn Edmunds; and great-grandchildren, Xavier, Jax, Owen, Brantley, and Tobias.

Memorials may be made to the Pulmonary Hypertension Organization at www.phassociation.org . or may be left in care of the funeral home.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri.