Susan M. Sharp, 69, of rural Jasper County, died Monday, September 5, 2005, at her home of cancer. Funeral services for Mrs. Sharp are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 8, at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the Rev. Mike Johnson, pastor of the Carlisle Christian Church, officiating. Pallbearers will be Jack and Jerry Morris and John, Junior, Ron and Willard Sharp. Burial will be in Our Silent City Cemetery in Kellogg. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home and where the family will be present from 6:00 to 8:00 Wednesday evening. Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Red Cross. The daughter of John and Osha Crabtree Powell, she was born May 9, 1936, on a farm in Poweshiek County. She later moved to a farm west of Kellogg and was a 1955 graduate of Kellogg High School. She was married to Casto Sharp December 7, 1957, in Des Moines and the couple made their home near Kellogg. She was employed for several years for Midwest Metal Stamping Company in Kellogg and with Hy-Vee in Newton. She later became a homemaker and raised her three boys. In 1999, the couple moved to their present home in Jasper County, near Oakland Acres. Survivors include her husband, Cas; three sons, Ron of Knoxville, John of Newton, and Willard of Madrid; one grandson, Noah of Madrid; and two brothers, Henry Powell of Newton and Eddie Powell of Des Moines. She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Barry, Otto, Warren, Kenneth, and Willard Powell; and two sisters, Eloise Peawick and Lisa Wagner.