Sharon J. Fouts, affectionately known by many as “Miss Sharon,” passed away at 5:18 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, at the age of 81. She had been a resident of Syracuse for past 17 years.
She was born Nov. 9, 1936, in Gary, to Eugene Glotzbach and Marjorie Murray Glotzbach Studdy. On Aug. 13, 1955, she was married to John B. Fouts, who survives.
Sharon was a 1955 graduate of Wendell L. Wilkie High School, Elwood. She worked as the children’s director and as a library clerk for Elwood Public Library for many years, and when she moved to Kosciusko County, she worked at Milford Public Library, where she enjoyed being a member of Friends of the Library.
Sharon enjoyed keeping active in the community and was a member of the Columbia Reading Club, volunteered with Harvest with a Heart in Milford, as well as the Milford Food Pantry. She especially enjoyed having her girls’ night out, and was a member of St. Martin De Porres Parish in Syracuse.
Sharon will be dearly missed by her family and countless friends.
She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 62 years, John B. Fouts, Syracuse; son, James (Shannon Tribley) Fouts, Rochester; two daughters, JoAnne (Kevin) Williams, Warsaw, and Judith (Bob) Fischer, Hebron; a daughter-in-law, Cheryl Fouts, Warsaw; 13 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her brother, Jack (RaeAnn Goens) Glotzbach, Elwood; and her sister, Verna Wilt, Muncie.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, John Kevin Fouts; grandson, John Norris; brother, Thomas Glotzbach; and her sister, Carol Groover.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, May 4, at St. Joseph Church, 1306 S. A St., Elwood. Burial will follow with a graveside service at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Elwood.
Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
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Memorials to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105; or to Shriners Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, 2211 North Oak Park Avenue, Chicago, IL 60707-3392.
Condolences may be sent at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
