Sharon A. (Mitzler) Siemers

NEW YORK MILLS - Sharon A. (Mitzler) Siemers, age 73, entered into rest on Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare Center after a courageous battle with brain tumors. At the time of her passing, her loving family was by her side. Born in Utica on April 19, 1944, Sharon was the daughter of the late Leo M. and Arvita C. (Olmstead) Mitzler. She was a graduate of T.R. Proctor High School/Class of 1962. Sharon worked as an Executive Secretary at Key Bank of Southeastern New York, the position from which she retired. During her career she was an exemplary employee with outstanding organizational skills. As a mother, she wanted her children to explore, travel, and learn. Each trip they embarked upon was designed to be an adventure and an awakening to the beauty and diversity of the world and the people who populate it. Sharon was a happy, high-spirited, generous woman and a great sport. She was cordial and welcomed all to her home which was the center of many fun-filled days for her children and their friends. She hosted holidays with loved ones and her house was always decorated for the season. There was a time when she lived downstate and would travel to Utica to visit family and friends prior to making it her last home. Creative and artistic, her pastimes included crafts, sewing clothing for her children, knitting, crocheting, embroidery, quilting, and drawing. She also took pleasure in playing board games with her family. Sharon was an active member of the NY Mills Senior Center and a lifetime member of the NY Mills Historical Society. Throughout her life she volunteered and was motivated to help people, especially keeping the needs of children in mind. She donated her time to many causes in various capacities, altruistic endeavors that brought her a measure of joy and fulfillment. She was also looked upon as a wonderful caregiver. She was graced with good children and was proud of each of them and the generations that followed. She felt especially accomplished in her innate ability to volunteer and reach out with such productivity and will be remembered by the communities and agencies to which she so wholeheartedly gave of herself. She had a love for animals that was truly genuine, but had a definite affinity for birds and was fascinated just watching them. When her quilting became an active pastime she was able to transpose the intimacy of these birds onto her work that was displayed in a showing, was awarded an honorable mention, and will be an heirloom to her children. Sharon was a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Church and was blessed with a personal bond with the Lord. She prayed to him and she knew he was by her side. Sharon is survived by her children, Kim A. LaBow, Todd A. Beverson, and Cheryl Beverson; her grandchildren, Ryan Culligan; Jessica Scott, and Jamie Beverson; and great-grandchildren, Logan, Quinn, and Eden; Aiden, Spencer, and Connor. She will also be remembered by her sisters and brother-in-law, Margaret M. Dodge, Carol Mitzler, Joyce and William Dempsey, and Suzanne Vassallo; her sisters-in-law, Roberta Mitsler, and Delores A. Mitzler; nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, and the many friends who touched her life with special mention of Ruth Tuttle who was such a loyal friend. She was predeceased by her sisters and brothers-in-law, Joan A. and Alphonse P. Caporale, Beverly and J. William Canfield, and Catherine M. and Richard F. Palczynski; her brothers and sister-in-law, William Mitsler, Leo and Grace Mitsler, and Robert Mitzler; and her brothers-in-law, John Vassallo, and Donald Dodge. Visitation will be held Tuesday morning from 10:00-11:00 at the Eannace Funeral Home, Inc., 932 South St., corner of Hammond Ave. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in the form of donations may be made to the St Jude Children’s Research Hospital online at https://www.stjude.org or the Make-A-Wish Foundation online at http://wish.org/#.WU7brzdQdX4.link; envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Sharon’s funeral service and Celebration of Life will commence on Tuesday morning at 11:00 from the funeral home and 12:00 noon at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church where her Mass of Christian Burial will be offered by Rev. Kevin Bunger.

Sharon A. (Mitzler) Siemers

April 19, 1944 - June 22, 2017