Sharon Fiddler February 23, 1946 - June 29, 2022
Obituaries-Mobridge / Posted Jul 7, 2022 | 11:46 AM / 333 views
Celebration of life services for Sharon Fiddler, 76, of Mobridge will be at 11 AM, Saturday, July 23, 2022, at the First Baptist Church in Mobridge. Kesling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
On February 23rd 1946 Sharon Kay (Berreth) Fiddler was born to Otto and Lydia (Vilhauer) Berreth in Mobridge, South Dakota and she joined her older sister Verlene where they lived in Herreid, South Dakota. After her sister married, Sharon and her parents moved to Lodi, California where she attended high school. In 1963 they returned to Mobridge, South Dakota where she graduated high school in 1964. In 1965 she met and married Joey Fiddler. In 1965 they moved to Cleveland, Ohio where she gave birth to her daughter Joletta. In 1966 they moved back to South Dakota. From 1966 to 1969 they moved around from Hecla, South Dakota to Britton, South Dakota to Clark, South Dakota. Then in 1969 they divorced and Sharon and Joletta moved to Eureka, South Dakota where she took a job at “Tom’s Place“ tavern to begin her new life as a single mother. In 1972 the two of them moved to Mobridge, South Dakota where she finally found her home and planted her roots and her life really began.
Just like a weary traveler searching for her home she began searching for the perfect job. Sharon worked many jobs consisting of the Silver Grill, the Sereno restaurant, the Laundry Mat, Anthony’s clothing store, the Tribune, MMA Thrift store, the school cafeteria and finally Bargain Mart. She loved everyone of them and worked very hard at each until her health began to deteriorate. While working at these jobs Sharon met and touched many lives and made many friends with her smile and laughter. Whenever you walked into Gas-N-Goodies, Harley’s or any restaurant you always knew when you heard that loud, contagious laughter that Sharon must be there having coffee with her sister, her daughter and friends. Sharon loved children especially babies. Whenever she would see a baby she would have to ask to see them and hold if she could. She would always say hi to the children and make them smile. Many knew her as the “Owl” lady because she would always have something with or on her that had owls.
She did eventually find her all time favorite job and that was watching over her 3 granddaughters, her great-grandson, and her great-granddaughters. Family was her life. Besides worrying about her own family she loved caring and worrying about her nephews, niece, cousins and extended family. If you got to be a close friend you became family and she loved as such.
On June 29, 2022 Sharon passed away at Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck, North Dakota.
She was preceded in death by her parents, many aunts, uncles and cousins. She is survived by sister Verlene (Berreth) Aman, her daughter Joletta (Fiddler) Buehner, her three granddaughters Haley (Fiddler) Lecount, Heather (Fiddler) Kraft, Kelsey (Fiddler) Vernon, 6 great-granddaughters: Brittaney,
Courtney, Angela, Taylor, Abigail and Olivia, 1 great-grandson Gabriel, her nephews Lowell Aman, Owen Aman, her niece Nova (Aman) Iszler, many cousins, extended family and friends.
In the end this weary traveler won’t be weary anymore because she now has made it home.