Thelma L. Sharp, 87

MILTON - Thelma L. Sharp of Milton died Monday, April 16, 2007, in Bayhealth-Milford Memorial Hospital, Milford. She was 87.

Thelma was born in Milton, to the late Walter H. and Bertha Walls Lank.

She graduated from Lewes High School in 1937 and Goldey Beacom School of Business in 1939.

She was an insurance investigator for the state of Delaware, retiring in 1989.

She was a member of the Goshen U.M. Church in Milton, as well as treasurer for the United Methodist Women and building fund and a member of the trustees-at-large.

Other memberships include the Milton Century Club and Federation of Women, and she was also involved in 4-H.

She enjoyed gardening and traveling.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, W. Paynter Sharp Sr., in 1991.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jane Lynn and Milton Carey; two sons and daughters-in-law, William P. Jr. and Joan Sharp and Henry A. and Deborah Sharp, all of Milton; seven grandchildren, Christine Beck and her husband, Stephen, William Brian Sharp and his fiance, Sarah Herzig, Stephen Carey and his friend, Krista Williams, Angela Carey and her friend, James Jones, Joshua Sharp, Nicholas Sharp and Dylan Sharp; and three great-grandchildren, Daniel Beck, Andrew Beck and Leonard "Lenny" Williams.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Goshen U.M. Church, 105 Mulberry St., Milton, where friends may call after noon.

Interment will be held in Henlopen Memorial Park, Milton.

Contributions may be made to: Goshen U.M. Church, Building Fund, 105 Mulberry St., Milton, DE.

Arrangement handled by Short Funeral Services, Milton.