Sharon Ml Mackey

Sharon Marie Laing Mackey of Lathrup Village died Sunday, May 4th, 2025, after a nine-year battle with cancer and a lifetime filled with generosity of spirit, love for others, and unwavering faith. She was 48 years old.
Sharon was born December 3, 1976 to Ronald T. and Christine (Szczerbinski) Laing in Detroit. She was a graduate of Marian High School, Albion College, and the University of Detroit Mercy. Sharon taught math at Marian and spent the majority of her career at Plymouth High School. She was a violinist with the Dearborn Symphony, and a parishioner of Church of the Transfiguration.
Sharon developed a love for music at an early age and was a life-long violinist. Following her youth and college ensembles, she played with the Livonia and Dearborn Symphonies. She also enjoyed singing with her church choir where she was often selected to cantor, solo, and accompany the choir on her violin. For many years, Sharon was the lead singer of a local band, Liquid Six. It was through this that a mutual friend introduced her to the love of her life, Joe, making her soul complete.
Sharon's true passion was teaching. She loved challenging her students and opening their eyes to the wonders of math. She cherished connecting with them and seeing them as more than a grade on a test; instead, she saw them as whole people with gifts, talents, challenges, and a world before them for the taking. She invested time before and after school in students who needed extra help, whether with their lessons or with life. Her colleagues and co-teachers were a second family that were deeply cherished.
Although music and teaching were an important part of who Sharon was, what defined her was her ability to make every person she met feel important and loved. Sharon will be missed by so many people: friends made through her seasonal Detroit Tiger tickets, her treasured friends from high school, cousins, neighbors, colleagues, students, parishioners, fellow musicians, and people she met through the course of everyday life.
Sharon is survived by her beloved husband, Joseph Mackey, father Ronald, siblings, Susan (Alexander), Ronald C. (Nicole) and Andrew (Kristin), parents-in-law Donna and Mickey Reynolds, and Robert and Nancy Mackey, siblings-in-law Rob (Kelly), Heather (Ben), Bryan (Angie), and dearest nieces and nephews, Elias, Charles, Christine, Grayson, Colin, Harper, Liam, Londynn, Easton, Kenna, Karson, Ethan (Alyssa), Nina, and Nikos, many beloved friends, colleagues, and students. She is preceded in death by her mother, Christine and brother-in-law Daniel.
Visitation will take place at Lynch & Sons Funeral Home, 1368 N. Crooks, Clawson, Sunday, May 11th from 2-6pm with a rosary at 5:30pm. The Funeral Mass will be offered at Church of the Transfiguration, 25225 Code Road, Southfield, Monday, May 12th at 10am. Friends may visit at church beginning at 9:30am. Internment will follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield.
Donations in Sharon's honor and memory are welcome to the SJ5K, a non-profit founded by students in the Plymouth-Salem Educational Park that supports local families and individuals in crisis. Sharon was a gracious recipient of an Sj5K award and an avid supporter of the organization and the devoted students who organize this annual event.