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Mueller-Kelly, Sharon Louise
Sharon Louise Mueller-Kelly died Dec. 22, 2009 in Gig Harbor, Wash. after a two-year bout with leukemia.
Sharon was born July 29, 1939 at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids to Julius and Margaret Mueller. She was a 1957 graduate from Roosevelt High School. At various times, she was an airline stewardess, an Army wife and a real-estate agent. She was active in her church and a longtime member of the “Sweet Adelines.”
Sharon is survived by a son, Bill (Julie) Sams, a daughter, Heidi Smith; grandchildren, Hayden, Madison, Max and Syndey; a brother, Bill Mueller; a sister Marylyn Coppernoll; a nephew Craig (Jane) Coopernoll and a niece, Carrie Coppernoll.
She was preceded in death by her mother, father and first-husband, Bill Sams Sr.
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