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William Lawrence Sharp

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William Lawrence Sharp

Birth
Bethany, Moultrie County, Illinois, USA
Death
1 Aug 1949 (aged 74)
Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
Plot
G 1 91 2
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BETHANY ECHO August 14, 1949

William L. Sharp

William L. Sharp, 74, a retired farmer and resident of Fort Collins, Colorado for the past nine years; died at his home last Monday. He farmed at Rock Ford, Colorado before moving to Fort Collins in 1940.

Mr. Sharp was born at Bethany, August 7, 1874, and was married February 9, 1898, to Miss Florence Copeland of Sullivan. He was a memebr of the Methodist church for more than fifty years.

Surviving him are his wife; three children, Carl of Fort Collins, Lawrence of Los Angeles and Roy of San Francisco; two brothers, Lew Sharp of Bethany and Claude Sharp of Decatur; and one sister, Mrs. E.A. Roney of Bethany.

Grandchildren are Mrs. Bette Bunner of Los Angeles, Eugene, Nolan, David and Sylvia Sharp of San Francisco and Robert Lee Sharp of Fort Collins; also one great grandchild, Michael Bunner of Los Angeles.

Funeral services were held last Wednesday in Fort Collins with interment in that cemetery.

The brother and sister living in this community did not receive word of their brother's death until after the time of the funeral services, so were not able to attend them.
BETHANY ECHO August 14, 1949

William L. Sharp

William L. Sharp, 74, a retired farmer and resident of Fort Collins, Colorado for the past nine years; died at his home last Monday. He farmed at Rock Ford, Colorado before moving to Fort Collins in 1940.

Mr. Sharp was born at Bethany, August 7, 1874, and was married February 9, 1898, to Miss Florence Copeland of Sullivan. He was a memebr of the Methodist church for more than fifty years.

Surviving him are his wife; three children, Carl of Fort Collins, Lawrence of Los Angeles and Roy of San Francisco; two brothers, Lew Sharp of Bethany and Claude Sharp of Decatur; and one sister, Mrs. E.A. Roney of Bethany.

Grandchildren are Mrs. Bette Bunner of Los Angeles, Eugene, Nolan, David and Sylvia Sharp of San Francisco and Robert Lee Sharp of Fort Collins; also one great grandchild, Michael Bunner of Los Angeles.

Funeral services were held last Wednesday in Fort Collins with interment in that cemetery.

The brother and sister living in this community did not receive word of their brother's death until after the time of the funeral services, so were not able to attend them.


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