Ruth Sharkey Penn, 81 years of Hillsboro, died Saturday January 12, 2013 at her residence.
She was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hillsboro and the Ladies Golf Association.
She was born in Dayton, Kentucky on April 19, 1931; she was the daughter of the late Harry N. and Mathilda Bunger Heskamp. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband Dr. Thomas C. Sharkey, who died on August 29, 1973 and her second husband LCDR Joseph E. Penn who died on June 16, 2006; her two brothers, Harry Heskamp, Lee Haskamp and four sisters, Kay Dubay, Anne Prigge, Mary Barbara, and Helen Massa.
She is survived by three sons, Michael Karen Sharkey of Vestal, NY, Timothy Sharkey of Marietta, GA, and Matthew Sharkey of Greenville , SC and one daughter, Meg Sharkey of Raleigh, NC. And three grandchildren, Erin and Thomas Sharkey and Hope Streett.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Mike Paraniuk officiating. Burial will be held 1:00 P.M. Monday, January 21, 2013 at the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
Friends may call on Friday from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.with prayers at 7:00 P.M. at the Thompson Funeral Home in Hillsboro.
Donations may be made to Sharkey-Penn Scholarship Fund, c/o St. Mary's Catholic School,
119 East Walnut Street, Hillsboro OH 45133.
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