Sharon Wehmhoener

Sharon Kay Wehmhoener, 61, Bates City, MO passed away unexpectedly Jan. 5, 2012. Services will be 10 am, Wed., Jan. 11, 2011 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; interment at Floral Hills Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Tuesday at the chapel. The family requests contributions to the American Heart Assoc., 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, K.C. MO 64105-1375.
Sharon was born Dec. 22, 1950 in Lebanon, MO and graduated from Lebanon High School. She earned her Bachelors degree at Missouri State University and her Masters in Education from Webster University. She taught elementary school in the Lee’s Summit School District for twenty-three years and retired in 2006. She was a member of the MSTA and the Friends of Powell Gardens. She was always a teacher and was dedicated to the consideration of others. She was very family-oriented and cared for her mother in the last months of her life. She loved home decorating, playing board games and enjoyed a dry sense of humor.
Sharon was preceded in death by her parents, J.T. & Loretta Duncan. She is survived by her husband of twenty-eight years, Paul Wehmhoener, of the home; son Jason Wehmhoener, Santa Cruz, CA; brothers Victor Duncan, Dixon, MO; Jim Duncan and wife Pamela, St. James, MO; sister Janet Lawyer and husband Larry, Joplin, MO; brother Richard Duncan and wife Susan, Lebanon, MO and many nieces and nephews.