Sharon Mae Wassom (Ferneau), 83, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 7, 2022.

A graveside service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 15 at Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell, Iowa.

Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, October 10, 2022 at J.C. Kirby & Son Lovers Lane Chapel in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Memorials may be designated to College Heights Foundation Sharon Wassom Fund for the Kentucky Museum, 1703 Chestnut Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101.

Sharon was born the daughter of the late Glen and Anna Marie (Letch) Ferneau on May 25, 1939 and was the wife of fifty years to the late John Clark Wassom.

Sharon was a powerful prayer warrior and shared her love of Jesus with everyone she met. She courageously battled cancer for close to five years without complaint and never let it rob her of her heart, mind, joy or faith.

She was a loving mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother as well as a talented artist. She never met a stranger. If you knew Sharon, chances are you took a stroll through her flower gardens, admired her paintings, tasted her raspberry jelly or heard about her family whom she adored.

To cherish her memory are her son and daughter-in-law Greg and Melissa Chase Wassom of Bowling Green; her grandsons, Jack Wassom of Holland, Michigan and Ben Wassom of Bowling Green; her brother, Dave (Rita) Ferneau of Malcom, Iowa; sister-in-law, Betty Ferneau of Grinnell; and many nieces and nephews whom she loved. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John Wassom; brother, Curtis Ferneau; and her sisters, Naomi DeHart, Glenda Beaver, and Bev Bryan.