Paul Frederick Sharp, 96,
of Mendota died Dec. 17,
2013, in Mendota Community
Hospital.
Services will be at 10:30
a.m. Saturday in TeDeum
Chapel of St. John's Lutheran
Church, Mendota with the
Revs. Herb Reed and Dale
Peterson officiating. Burial
will be at St. John's Lutheran
Cemetery, Mendota.
Visitation will be from
10 a.m. until time of services
Saturday in the chapel.
Funeral arrangements were
provided by Merritt Funeral
Home, Mendota.
He was born Sept. 15,
1917, in Rock Falls to Elmer
E. and Louise M. (Ruschke)
Sharp. He married Betty
Alice Feith on Feb. 28, 1998,
in Sterling.
He graduated from Scoville
Business School in Sterling
and was employed by Frantz
Door Co., Sterling, as a secretary
from 1939-1982. He also
spent time as a golf caddie for
many years.
He was a member of St.
John's Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Betty Alice of Mendota;
two stepsons, Carl (Connie)
Feith of Watertown, Tenn.,
and Martin Steven (Sharon)
Feith of Peoria; one stepdaughter,
Patricia Jorgenson
of Germany; and two stepgranddaughters,
Valerie and
Heather.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, one brother,
Elwin; and one sister, Dorothy
Reiter.
Memorials may be directed
to Salvation Army or St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital.