SHARON HAWKINS WIESE, AGE 72 LOST HER STRUGGLE WITH DEMENTIA NOVEMBER 4, 2018 AT THE BROOKESTONE VIEW IN BROKEN BOW, NE.
SHE WAS THE SEVENTH OF SEVEN CHILDREN BORN TO LEWIS AND FLORENCE (FOX) CRAWFORD. SPOILED FROM DAY ONE SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE OF THESE CHILDREN TO BE BORN IN A HOSPITAL. SHE ATTENDED MASON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL BUT GRADUATED FROM LOUP CITY IN 1966. SHE FINISHED HER EDUCATION IN LOUP CITY AFTER THE HIGH SCHOOL IN MASON CITY CLOSED. SHE LOVED VOLLEYBALL AND SPOKE OFTEN OF MAKING FIRST STRING AS A FRESHMAN.
SHE MARRIED IRWIN HAWKINS ON JUNE 22, 1963. THEY RAISED FOUR CHILDREN ON THEIR FARM, RICK, CINDY, MICHELE, AND CHRIS. SHARON WORKED AT BECTON DICKINSON, MILKED COWS, WORKED AT CJ’S PACKAGE STORE IN ANSLEY, RAN THE SNACK ‘N’ SHOP CAFE, WENT BACK TO MILKING COWS AGAIN. AFTER IRWIN’S PASSING, SHE SADLY SOLD THE COWS SHE LOVED BUT HATED TO MILK. SHE THEN WORKED AT THE OFF BROADWAY APARTMENTS IN BROKEN BOW AS THE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR, AND LATER AT CUSTERS LAST STOP IN ANSLEY.
SHE MARRIED DEAN WIESE SEPTEMBER 29, 2013. WITH HER MARRIAGE TO DEAN HER FAMILY GREW TO INCLUDE LAURA (JAMIE) WARTA, LISA (TODD) STORZ, GRANDCHILDREN CHRISTOPHER, ANTHONY, BRANDON, BRETT, DUSTIN, AND THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
WHEN SHARON WASN’T WORKING, SHE LOVED TO READ BOOKS. IF YOU DROVE BY THE FARM LATE AT NIGHT YOU WERE SURE TO SEE A LIGHT SHINING IN A WINDOW AS SHE JUST COULDN’T PUT HER BOOK DOWN UNTIL SHE READ IT TO THE END. SHE LOVED DOING CROSSWORD PUZZLES. ITEMS SHE CROCHETED WERE COVETED BY MANY FAMILY MEMBERS. SHE SPENT MANY, MANY HOURS PIECING TOGETHER HER FAMILY’S GENEOLOGY. SHE ALSO TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HER PART ON THE COMMUNITY FOR THE MASON CITY COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SHE ALSO SEEMED TO TAKE GREAT JOY IN DOING BOOKWORK FOR THE FARM AND DRIVING HERSELF NUTS TO FIND A ONE CENT ERROR IF THEY DID NOT BALANCE. THE GREATEST OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS THE LOVE AND CARE SHE GAVE TO ALL OF US, HER FAMILY.
SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HUSBAND IRWIN, BROTHERS VICTOR CRAWFORD, ANDY CRAWFORD, AND GEORGE CRAWFORD, SISTER EUNICE SHOEMAKER, BROTHER-IN-LAW RALPH SHOEMAKER, AND SISTER-IN-LAWS MAXINE CRAWFORD, CAROLYN CRAWFORD, AND KATHERINE CRAWFORD.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HUSBAND DEAN, SONS RICK (JOY) HAWKINS, CHRIS HAWKINS, DAUGHTERS CINDY (DANNY) HEMPSTEAD, AND MICHELE WATSON (BRIAN SLOCUM), TWELVE GRAND CHILDREN JASON, KYLE, TANNER, CHAD, SHEILA, LINLY, VICKY, HANNA, SPENCER, NICK, DALTON, AND KRISTIANA, 12 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, BROTHERS JIM (GALE) CRAWFORD, AND PHILIP CRAWFORD, SISTER-IN-LAWS BEVERLY CRAWFORD, AND MARY CRAWFORD, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE MASON CITY BAPTIST CHURCH AT 11:00 ON NOVEMBER 9, 2018 WITH SCOTT HARVEY OFFICIATING. FAMILY VISITATION WILL BEGIN AT 9:00 BEFORE THE SERVICE. BOOK SIGNING AND VIEWING WILL BE AT GOVIER BROTHERS MORTUARY IN BROKEN BOW.
