Obituary: Sharon Hess
On October 12, 2024, our dear mother, Sharon Hess was called home and returned to the arms of her heavenly family and her beloved husband Pete after a short illness. Sharon was born on December 6, 1945 to Dorothy and Anthony Rego, the youngest of eight children. Sharon met the love of her life Andrew “Pete” Hess shortly after he returned from the Vietnam War and they were married on April 1, 1967. Together they had four children, Tony, Andy, Steve, and Sara whom they raised on a farm on Eli Valley Road near Loganville, WI. They retired off the farm in 1990 and spent their remaining years in Loganville.
Sharon was an active member of St. Patrick’s of Loreto for over 50 years and was active in the CCW and in the Loreto Leftovers Homemakers Club. She was a housewife, farm manager, child care provider, and volunteer in her church and community. Sharon was known for being a wonderful cook and won cooking contests. If you ever had the pleasure of eating her cheeseburger soup or famous gravy you can count yourself lucky. Sharon took great joy in raising and caring for her children and grandchildren and was her husband’s caregiver as his health failed. She also loved reading, puzzles, trying new recipes, thrift store shopping and singing in the church choir. A good day for mom was a rainy day in her favorite chair with a good book, a cup of tea and a warm blanket. If someone called or stopped by to talk it was a perfect day.
Our mother was quiet, kind, gentle and loving and always did her best to care for everyone in her life, whether it was a warm meal, a handmade blanket, or a helping hand, she could always be relied on. Mom raised us to always keep our promises. Mom, we promised to let you go when you asked and as hard as that was for us, we kept our promise, you are free from your pain.
Sharon was preceded in death by her husband Pete in 2021, siblings: Kay (Herman) Grosklaus, Ellie (Corky) Pollari, Dorothy (Buddy) Giebel, Roy (Shirley) Rego, Dan Premo, Agnes (Clarence) McCluskey, Adam (Janice), Alva (Tom) Roessler, Albert, Sharon and Trudy.
Sharon is survived by her children, Tony (Carol), Andy (Becky), Steve (Linda), and Sara (Keith) Bohl, grandchildren, Ryan Hess, Kyra, Leah, and Noah Hess, and Aislyn, Kylan, Josalyn, Kasyn and Kathryn Bohl, siblings, Bernie (Wendy) Rego, Rosemary Premo, Jeanie (Mel) Cope, Art Hess, Jack (Mary) Hess, Susie Anderson, Arland “Buzzy” (Mary) Hess.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Sharon K. Hess was conducted at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Loreto. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Visitation was held on Monday evening from 4:30 PM until 8:00 PM at the Farber Funeral Home, Reedsburg, where the Rosary was prayed at 7:45 PM. Visitation was also held on Tuesday morning from 10:00 AM until the time of the service at the church.
