Sheri Pearl Keith

Sheri Pearl Keith died January 22, 2008 in Thurston County. Sheri was born in Enfield, Connecticut on March 15, 1966. She grew up in Manchester, Connecticut, where she went on to attend the University of Connecticut before marrying now ex-husband Mark Keith. Sheri supported Mark's military career, traveling the world and raising their three children, Nicholas, Tanya and Lindsay. Sheri devoted herself to numerous humanitarian causes in the military and in civilian life. While in Korea, she volunteered in an orphanage, and while Mark was stationed at Fort Lewis she was honored with the Mary E. Walker Award that is presented to an outstanding military spouse for demonstrating dedicated and exemplary volunteerism that improved the quality of life for soldiers and their families. Most recently she was volunteering for the Thurston County Habitat for Humanity where she helped build houses and worked tirelessly on the recent auction. While living in Olympia, Sheri worked for the North Thurston Public Schools at both Komachin and Nisqually Middle schools as a Para educator and office professional. Sheri is survived by a son and two daughters, Nicholas Keith, nineteen; Tanya Keith, eighteen; and Lindsay Keith, seventeen; sister, Michelle Fitzgerald of Danville, California; mother, Hideko Neff of Olympia; father, Joseph Robichaud of East Haddam, Connecticut; boyfriend, Troy Oliver of Olympia; and countless other friends and family who loved Sheri very much. A memorial service will be held at Mills & Mills Funeral Home in Tumwater, at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 30, 2008. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, a donation be made to the Sheri P. Keith Memorial Fund that has been created to help pay for the college education of her surviving children. A donation can be made at any Bank of America.