Sharon Clare Culhane (1938 - 2015)

Born 1 Dec 1938 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States

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Died 11 Jul 2015 at age 76 in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Sharon was born in 1938. She was the adopted daughter of Thomas Culhane and Clara Yuhasz. She passed away in 2015.

Obituary

Sister Sharon Culhane, formerly known as Sister Thomas Clare Culhane, died on Saturday, July 11, 2015, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Mich. She was 76 years of age and in the 57th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sister Sharon was born in Rockford, Ill., to Thomas and Clara (Holomany) Culhane. She graduated from Bishop Muldoon High School in Rockford, Ill.; and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine arts from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian, Mich.

Sister Sharon ministered in elementary and secondary education for 40 years in Des Moines, Iowa; Mundelein, Chicago and Wilmette, Ill.; Charleston, Columbia, Daufuskie Island, Hardeeville and Kingstree, S.C. This includes two years at Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette and five years at Aquinas Dominican High School in Chicago, both institutions of the Adrian Dominican Congregation. She also spent 10 years serving the African American communities in Charleston and Columbia, S.C. Sister became a resident in Adrian, Mich., in 2015.

Sister Sharon is survived by loving nieces and nephews.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWT6-QYZ : 8 January 2021), Sharon Culhane in household of T Harry Culhane, Rockford Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101-82, sheet 9A, line 30, family 140, 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 915.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5MW-ZJSZ : 18 July 2020), Sharon Shiela in entry for Dr T Harry Culhane, 1954.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5M8-4B9S : 18 July 2020), Sharon Fitzgerald in entry for Dr T Harry Culhane, 1954.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP16-XXFD : 18 July 2020), Sharon in entry for Dr T Harry Culhane, 1954.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP14-CXVH : 18 July 2020), Sharon in entry for Dr T Harry Cul Culhane Hane, 1954.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP1W-5LT5 : 18 July 2020), Sharon in entry for Dr T Harry Cull Culhane, 1954.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP16-HY7L : 18 July 2020), Sharon in entry for Dr T Harry Culhane, 1954.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP1Q-1YFM : 18 July 2020), Sharon in entry for Dr T Harry Culhane Culnane, 1954.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1L-4RGD : 6 March 2021), Sharon Culhane, ; Burial, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, United States of America, Adrian Dominican Sisters Cemetery; citing record ID 149258929, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.