Latcham, Sharon Kay

Sharon Kay Latcham, 72, of Washington, Iowa, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after failing in health for the past month. Celebration of life services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Jones Eden Funeral Home with Pastor Darryl Carr officiating. Visitation will begin at noon today at the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Interment will take place at the Elm Grove Cemetery, Washington.

Memorials have been established for the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association.

Online condolences may be sent for Sharon's family through the web at .

She is survived by seven children including, daughter Jacque Johnson and husband Jerry of Washington, Iowa, daughter Tammy Calhoun and husband Ed of Washington, son Mike Dickerson and wife Julie of Tiffin, son Brian Dickerson and wife Joyce of Washington, son Larry Dickerson and wife Kim of Ainsworth, son Robert Latcham and wife Jodi of Washington, and daughter Kim Latcham and special friend Dennis Draper of Washington; 27 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

She is also survived by her brother, Fred Kimmel and wife JoAnn of Des Moines; sister, Shirley Charbonneau of Washington; sister Debby Watson of Muscatine; stepsister Rhonda Pickering of Winfield; stepbrother Fred Kimmel and wife of Yvonne of Washington; stepbrother Tim Kimmel and wife Jenny of Altoona; as well as many nieces and nephews.