Vivian Dorthine (Robinson) Sharp (1923 - 2014)

Born 15 Apr 1923 in Shidler, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Nov 2014 at age 91 in Kansas, United States

Biography

Obituary

Vivian Sharp, 91, of Caney, Kansas, passed away Friday, November 7, 2014 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Friends may call from 8:00am to 7:00pm, Monday November 10, 2014, at the Potts Chapel Funeral Home in Caney to sign the memorial register. The family will greet friends Monday evening at the funeral home from 5:00 to 7:00pm. Celebration of life services will be held at 2:00pm at the Potts Chapel Funeral Home in Caney, with Jim Rush officiating. Interment will follow at the Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney under the direction of the Potts Chapel Funeral Home. Vivian Dorthine Robinson was born April 15, 1923, in Shidler, Oklahoma, the 4th of 13 children to Benjamin E. and Tressie Velma (Hart) Robinson. She attended school in Shidler and Dewey Oklahoma. She married Ramon Cleo Sharp on November 18, 1941 in Dewey and they made their home in Dewey and Copan, OK, while raising their four children. Vivian was a homemaker and enjoyed crocheting, reading and sewing. The family relates that in her younger years she enjoyed dancing western swing to Bob Wills and his band. Most of all she loved her family and especially her great great grandbabies. Blessed by her memory are her surviving loved ones: ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬Daughters Janice and husband Joe Branstetter of Copan, Sue Adams of Caney, Vivian Lukevic of Bartlesville, OK, and son Raymond and wife Kathy Sharp of Lenepah, OK; 11 grandchildren, 3 step grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, 8 step great grandchildren, 12 great great grandchildren, and one great great step grandchild; and four sisters – Evelyn Gorham of Bartlesville, Mary Ellen Nichols of Nowata, Margie McKee of Nowata, and Shirley Kirby of Copan. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and four sisters, as well as two great granddaughters. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Vivian Sharp Memorial Fund. Donations can be left at the Potts Chapel Funeral Home in Caney. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.pottsfuneralhome.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=54763&locid=90

• "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2VP-54PC : 17 March 2018), Vivian Dorthine Robinson, 1931; citing School enrollment, Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma, United States, multiple County Clerk offices, Oklahoma school district offices, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm 2,047,734.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBKB-XYH : 27 July 2019), Vivian D Robinson in household of Benjamin E Robinson, Ward 4, Bartlesville, Bartlesville City, Washington, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74-6, sheet 3B, line 61, family 74, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3339.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 May 2020), memorial page for Vivian Dorthine Robinson Sharp (15 Apr 1923–2014), Find a Grave Memorial no. 138587128, citing Sunnyside Cemetery, Caney, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Bob Smith (contributor 46783149) .