Sharyn “Shari” Kaye Weldon, 78, Ocala, Fla., passed away at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.
She was born July 15, 1946 in South Bend, the daughter of Lawrence and Martha Mabry Robison. She married Henry Clayton Weldon III on Aug. 6, 2017 in Ocala, Fla. and he survives.
Shari spent her early working years in customer service for Moore Business Forms and then fulfilled her dream of becoming a nurse in 1997 – lovingly caring for others at Life Care Center in Rochester, at Logansport State Hospital, and as a hospice nurse in Florida.
Shari was a member of First Christian Church in Rochester and then College Road Baptist Church in Ocala. She enjoyed time with family, spoiling her many pets over the years, traveling, and doing anything creative including sewing, knitting, painting, and making jewelry. Shari regularly modeled sacrificial love, generosity, kindness, forgiveness, resilience, faith in Jesus, and joy, in spite of sometimes difficult circumstances. She made people feel loved, and she made everything more colorful.
She is survived by her husband, Clayton Weldon of Ocala, Fla.; children Doug (Kelley) Biggs of Ocala, Fla., Gregg (Robin) Biggs of Weldon Spring, Mo., Anjanette (Michael) Paul of Chicago; grandchildren Katelyn Biggs, Jayden Biggs, Graham (Lauren) Biggs, and Avery Biggs and fiance Jacob Poore; two great-grandchildren; and brother Jim (Leslie) Robison of Beverly Hills, Fla.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and husband, Phillip “Gene” Melton.
A memorial gathering for immediate family will be Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in St. Augustine, Fla.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Fulton County Animal Center.