SHARON K. BANTZ

HARTFORD CITY, IN Sharon K. Bantz, 64, went to meet her Lord on Saturday, January 15 at Ball Memorial Hospital. She was born March 19, 1946 in Portland, the daughter of Ralph and Lucille (Landon) Freed. Sharon married Gregory E. Bantz, Sr. on February 15, 1974 in Mount Carmel United Methodist Church. Sharon was employed at Overhead Door and retired in 2008 from Key Plastics. She was a member of Hartford City First Church of the Nazarene and attended the New Covenant Fellowship, near Portland. She had served on the Hartford City Heritage Days Committee and loved camping and spending time with her children and grandchildren. Surviving in addition to her husband, Greg, are: her mother, Lucille Freed, Portland; a daughter, Lisa (husband, Brook) Emerick, Portland; two sons, Scott Adney, Hartford City and Gregory E. Bantz, Jr., (wife Tonya), Dunkirk; a step-daughter, Jennifer McKinley (husband, Brian), Pekin, IN; a brother, Gerald Somers (wife, Lois), Portland; a sister, Judy Neal (husband, Dewey), Dunkirk; grandchildren, Alicia, Zach, Brittney, Kelby, Carrie, Tiarra, Storm, Bryce, Logan, Brian, Jr., Kylie, and Allison; uncle and aunt, Francis and Lola Dellinger, Ruskin, FL; aunts, Verda Freed, Bryant and Wilma Wheeler, Pennville. She was preceded in death by her father. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 19 in Waters Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington St., Hartford City with burial following in Hartford City Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-4 and 6-8 Tuesday, January 18 and after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the donor’s favorite charity.