Sharon S. Saronson, ne Allbee, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, April 16th, 2022, aged 78. Born in Davenport, Iowa in 1943, Sharon later came East to study costume design at the City University of New Yorks Brooklyn College campus, where she earned an Master of Fine Arts degree. She settled in Brooklyn with her husband and sons and taught in the New York City Public Schools for over 30 years.
After spending summers at Lake Dunmore in the family home Sharon developed a deep and abiding love for Vermont and she retired full time to Salisbury in 2001, where she took up quilting and gardening. For many years she sang with and made costumes for the Maiden Vermont Womens Barbershop Chorus. She also served weekly as a volunteer at Porter Hospital in Middlebury.
Sharon was predeceased by her parents Darrell and Alice Allbee. She is survived by her family: husband Paul; two sons, Matthew and his wife Conchita; Robert and his wife Stephanie; grandchildren Maxwell, Zachary, and a third expected on Sharons birthday in September. Sharon is also survived by her sister Jeanne and her husband, Harmon Hosch and her brother David and his wife Pat Allbee, as well a niece, Allison, and nephew, Max.
Services will be held at 11 AM on Monday, April 25 at the Congregational Church at 2 Main Street in Middlebury. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sharons memory to the Middlebury Congregational Churchs Community Supper Program or to Homeward Bound, Addison Countys Humane Society.
Arrangements under the direction of Sanderson Funeral Home.
On-line condolences at www.sandersonfuneralservice.com
SERVICES
Memorial Service
Monday, April 25, 2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Middlebury Congregational Church
2 Main Street
Middlebury, VT 05753