Sharon Mork

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Sharon Mork, 76, of Sioux Falls, SD, died Monday, August 29, 2022, at her home under hospice care. A memorial service will be 11:00 AM Monday, September 5, at The Point Is To Serve Church in Sioux Falls with food, refreshments, and fellowship to follow memorial servic. Arrangements by Bittner Funeral Chapel.

Sharon Kay Mork beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister peacefully passed away in her home at the age of 76. She went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ early Monday morning after a five-month battle with cancer. Sharon was the child of loving parents Lawrance and Florence Browen and primarily grew up in Emery, SD, where her family enthusiastically attended the Baptist church, and she was the Emery High homecoming queen.

Upon high school graduation, she enrolled in Stewart’s School of Hairstyling in 1964 and finished at the top of her class. This was the beginning of a 58-year career in the hair business where she became an icon and a friend to all the people she met along the way. She spent 35 years with Hair by Stewart’s rising to VP of salon operations managing and mentoring stylists and salon managers in over 150 salons across the Midwest. In 1999 she started Agape Salon & Spa and continued to manage until the present time. Agape became her extended family and was always a place of love for Sharon, the stylists and the clients.

Spending time with her family was her favorite thing and cleaning was a close second, but she also loved to read, participate in Bible studies, play cards and games, and she loved looking at and taking care of her flowers. Coffee was her drink of choice, and you would rarely find her without a cup close by nor would you want to! Taking the little kids to the zoo or the fair was something she loved. She enjoyed taking the grandchildren (especially the granddaughters) shopping. She loved when Erin would take a nap with her head on grandma’s lap. She loved to play with Tatum’s beautiful hair. Attending and cheering for Gunnar and Dawson at all their sporting events made her so proud.                                 

Sharon was devoted to her family and is survived by her husband, her partner, her person, her love of 57 years, John; sons, Jason and Erik; grandchildren, Erin, Gunnar, Tatum, and Dawson; and great-grandchildren, Weston and Dylan. She is also survived by her sister, Shirley (David) Larson; brother, Jim (Becky) Browen; sister, Joy (Barry) Seifert; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.               

Sharon was predeceased by her parents, Lawrance and Florence (Bleeker) Browen, and her sister, Carolyn Jane (Darrell) Heringer. 

In Sharon’s own words this is what she would like you to know about her and remember her by:

“I grew up in a very Christin home.  I am certain I was introduced to God at a very early age.  I believed in Him and His Son, Jesus.  Somehow in my mind, I also believed a lie.  “Jesus Loves Me”, is probably the first song I ever learned to sing.  At what age I changed the words from “Jesus loves me this I know,” to “Jesus loves me when I am good,” I can’t say.  I didn’t understand that Jesus loves me because He is good and not because I can EVER be good enough!  Unraveling that lie took me well into adulthood.  When I needed Him most, Jesus met me, and I experienced His grace.  Today I have an intimate, personal relationship with Him, my LORD and Savior.  My life hasn’t been perfect, but I know where I am going.  Jeremiah 29:11 says it most succinctly, “I KNOW the plans I have for you, declare the LORD, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope”.  If you are sitting at my memorial service, you can KNOW I am in heaven with my LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ.   

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Samaritan’s Purse at: https://sampur.se/3R50Iul

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