Sharon E. Hughes, 79, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at Tabitha at Prairie Commons in Grand Island, Nebraska, with her son at her side.
Funeral service was Dec. 14 at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church. Pastor Luther Zuberbier officiated. Interment was in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation.
You can sign Sharon’s guestbook at www.curranfuneralchapel. com under her obituary. Curran Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.
Sharon was born in Alliance, Nebraska, and grew up on a ranch north of Seneca.
She graduated from Thomas County High School, Thedford, Nebraska. She attended the University of Nebraska Lincoln, earning her degree in education followed by a Master of Education from Doane University.
She taught in District 18 of Cherry County, followed by Howard Elementary and Newell Elementary in Grand Island, Nebraska, retiring after over 40 years of service.
She was preceded in death by her parents Alvo and Clara Crawford, her husband Gene and daughter Micaela McGinty.
She is survived by her son Colby Brown (Belinda), granddaughter Lea Hilliard, grandsons Bailey Kraemer (Madilyn) and Riley Kraemer, great-granddaughters Brea Neu (Dean) and Christina Osborne, great-grandson Zayn Kraemer, great-great-grandson Ethan Neu, great-great-granddaughter Emma Neu, her sister Carol Grummert (Gary) and their daughter Lori Wright (Bert), and cousin Liane Griffith (Jerry).