Sharon Oates

Sharon Oates, age 82, a resident of Kenton, Ohio, and a former Jay County resident, passed away Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, Ohio. She retired from Jay School Corporation, where she was the food service manager for Dunkirk schools. She was a volunteer for Ohio Health Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton.

She was a 1957 graduate of Redkey High School and a member of the First Baptist Church, in Kenton.

Sharon Oates was born March 31, 1939, in Portland, Indiana, the daughter of Everett and Aunita (Ford) Gordon. She was married to Lowell Turner and he passed away in 1983. She then married Gene Oates in 1992.

Survivors include:

Her husband — Gene Oates, Kenton, Ohio

Three sons — Scott Turner (wife: Carmelita). Redkey, Indiana, Greg Turner (wife: Niki), Santa Claus, Indiana, and Gene Turner (wife: Linda), Anderson, South Carolina

Three daughters — June Harbor (husband: Jess), Lewistown, Ohio, Cheryl Marshall (husband: Bob), Marysville, Ohio, and Vicki Carrington, Anderson, South Carolina

Brother — Robert Gordon (wife: Ramona), Redkey, Indiana

Sister — Sandra Loyd (husband: Larry), Portland, Indiana

Fifteen grandchildren and several great-grandchildren

She was preceded in death by two sons, Troy and Mark Turner; and a granddaughter, Sarona Turner.

Visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Williamson-Spencer and Penrod Funeral Home in Portland. Services will immediately follow at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Pastor Jonathan Edwards will officiate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery in Redkey.

A memorial service will also be held at a later date in Kenton, Ohio

Condolences may be expressed at williamsonspencer.com.