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Sharon Sancken Obituary
Sharon M. Sancken, R.N., B.S.N., of Westchester, sister of Sandra (Dale) Weikum and Leo "Bill" ((Jackie) Ehman; aunt of Steve (Heather), Tara (Karen) Todd and Bryan Weikum, Melissa (Jamin) Giersbach and Jason (Kelli) Ehman; great-aunt of Jacob, Caleb, Brady, Anabelle and Arianna. Retired nurse Hines V.A. Medical Center. Visitation Monday 4 to 9 p.m. at Hursen Funeral Home, SW corner of Roosevelt & Mannheim Roads, Hillside/Westchester. Lying-in-state Tuesday 10 a.m. until time of Funeral Service 11 a.m. at Westchester Community Church, 1800 S. Westchester Blvd. Westchester. Interment on Wednesday in Union Cemetery, Emington, IL. In lieu of flowers, memorials to above church or charity of donor's choice. Funeral info. toll-free: 1-800-562-0082 or www.hursen.com.
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July 13, 2009
Please accept our deepest sympathies.
Rich and Laura Srubas
April 19, 2009
We worked with Sharon at Hines for many years. We were truly sorry to hear of her passing. Please accept our deepest condolences.
Rev. Patricia Morton
April 14, 2009
Our deepest sympathy to the Sanken family. Your family has been in our prayers. May you feel God's loving arms around you as you celebrate Sharon's life.
Robert Hempel
April 14, 2009
Our family has known Sharon for 10 yrs. since the family has been a part of the Westchester Community Church. Sharon, a key leader, has worked with our family on several levels from leadership roles to mission trips. She spent an evening with me while I was hospitalized. She will deeply be missed at WCC. She was a committed and dedicated leader of this faith community.
Rev. Robert L. Hempel
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Steve Weikum
April 13, 2009
We loved and enjoyed all of our time with our dear Aunt Sharon. Our memories of time spent together at holiday celebrations will live on with us. Sharon visited our home to see her great nephews several times. Her joy and pride were very evident when she was able to feed, bathe, and tuck in our children. My childhood visits to Sharon's home and all our Chicago adventures are etched in my mind. The love, compassion, and generosity with which Sharon lived her life were a beautiful example for all. The lessons that she taught me will continue to inform and inspire me throughout my life. Our family will miss Sharon dearly.
April 13, 2009
Joan Gilleran-Strom
April 13, 2009
What a great loss! I worked with Sharon for many years and remeber a warm, funny woman who loved her work and her patients.
She will be greatly missed.
melissa giersbach
April 13, 2009
We are sending our deepest sympathies and wish we were there to share in all of the wonderful memories of our (Great) Aunt Sharon. I am so grateful that she was able to meet and play with her Great Granddaughter Arianna and the joy it brought to her and to us! I will miss her greatly and have many fond memories from earlier years of gathering together every Christmas and enjoying each others company. I have one really fun memory from my early childhood of our Aunt Sharon taking in me and my cousin Tara for a slumber party at her house and she brought us to Kiddie Land....just lots of fun! She truly loved all of her nieces and nephews! We will miss her!
XOXOXO
Melissa Jamin and Arianna Giersbach
Linda Piersall
April 12, 2009
Please accept my deepest sympathies. We worked together off and on for nearly 30 years. She was a fine nurse but even more, a terrific human being. It was a privilege to have known her.
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