Obituary for Sharon L. Jeffery
Ellsworth
Sharon L. Jeffery, 89, died peacefully from heart failure in Bar Harbor on December 8, 2021. She was born on June 18, 1932, in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Benjamin F. Odom and Susan (Poston) Odom.
Sharon moved to Massachusetts as a teenager. She attended Bates College, where she met her husband of 65 years, Edwin A. Jeffery. They bought a large Victorian house in Natick, MA, where they raised their three children.
Sharon completed her degree at Framingham State College and later attended a certificate program in Botanical Illustration at Wellesley College. She was a lifelong learner who had many interests, including ceramics, quilting, water color, gardening, reading, van camping, island life, and most of all, being with her family and five grandsons.
After Sharon and Ed retired to Ellsworth, Sharon joined the YMCA, the Wednesday painting group at the Moore Center, and the book club at the Ellsworth Library. She enjoyed every opportunity to be creative and social. She was predeceased by her husband and her brother Michael Odom and spent her last years at Birch Bay Village in Bar Harbor.
Sharon was a loving and kind person who will be greatly missed by her
children, Thomas P. Jeffery and his wife Karin (Gruber) Jeffery of Mountain View, CA, Lynn A. Jeffery and her husband Bertis Syms of Natick, MA, and Peter N. Jeffery and his wife Margaret (Timothy) Jeffery of Bar Harbor; her grandchildren, Aidan J. Syms, Gabriel W. Syms, Clifton T. Jeffery, Emerson O. Jeffery and Winslow A. Jeffery; her sister-in-law Birgitta Odom; sister-in-law Ruth J. Hennessy and her husband Francis Hennessey, and many nieces and nephews.
Donations in Sharon’s memory may be sent to the Ellsworth Public Library. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com
Sharon L. Jeffery, 89, died peacefully from heart failure in Bar Harbor on December 8, 2021. She was born on June 18, 1932, in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Benjamin F. Odom and Susan (Poston) Odom.
Sharon moved to Massachusetts as a teenager. She attended Bates College, where she met her husband of 65 years, Edwin A. Jeffery. They bought a large Victorian house in Natick, MA, where they raised their three children.
Sharon completed her degree at Framingham State College and later attended a certificate program in Botanical Illustration at Wellesley College. She was a lifelong learner who had many interests, including ceramics, quilting, water color, gardening, reading, van camping, island life, and most of all, being with her family and five grandsons.
After Sharon and Ed retired to Ellsworth, Sharon joined the YMCA, the Wednesday painting group at the Moore Center, and the book club at the Ellsworth Library. She enjoyed every opportunity to be creative and social. She was predeceased by her husband and her brother Michael Odom and spent her last years at Birch Bay Village in Bar Harbor.
Sharon was a loving and kind person who will be greatly missed by her
children, Thomas P. Jeffery and his wife Karin (Gruber) Jeffery of Mountain View, CA, Lynn A. Jeffery and her husband Bertis Syms of Natick, MA, and Peter N. Jeffery and his wife Margaret (Timothy) Jeffery of Bar Harbor; her grandchildren, Aidan J. Syms, Gabriel W. Syms, Clifton T. Jeffery, Emerson O. Jeffery and Winslow A. Jeffery; her sister-in-law Birgitta Odom; sister-in-law Ruth J. Hennessy and her husband Francis Hennessey, and many nieces and nephews.
Donations in Sharon’s memory may be sent to the Ellsworth Public Library. Condolences may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com