Sharon Jeanette Lucas

Sharon Jeanette Lucas, age 80 of Ooltewah, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at Chattanooga Hospice. Sharon was born on April 4, 1943 in Lovington, IL, the daughter of the late Clarence Harold and Minnie Mae (Newlan) Ferguson. She was also preceded in death by her siblings, Judy Bolduc, Joyce Chapman, Marvin Ferguson, Robert Ferguson, and Frances Hoffman.

Sharon graduated from Laurelbrook Academy in 1961. She worked as a Pediatric Nurse’s Aide in the 1960’s and as a homemaker. She loved Scrabble, cooking/baking, reading stories, flower gardening, family, opening her home in hospitality for friends of family, providing bereavement dinners at her church, genealogy, reading and learning more of history. She was also a long-time member of Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Sharon is survived by her husband of 60 years, Paul Edwin Lucas; her son, Paul “John” (Lora) Lucas of Ooltewah, TN; her two daughters, Susan (Ned) Schultz of Fairfield, MT, and Laura (Tod) Schultz of Camden, NY; her five grandchildren, Natalia and Josiah Lucas of Ooltewah, TN, and Sadie, Ellie and Wesley Schultz of Fairfield, MT; her seven siblings, Keith Ferguson of Dayton, TN, Harold “Dean” (Linda) Ferguson of Higdon, AL, Daniel Ferguson of Thompson Station, TN, Stanley Ferguson of Decatur, IL, Betty Franke of Mogadore, OH, James “Sidney” Ferguson of Mount Zion, IL, Beverly “Diane” (Chuck) Williams of Shelbyville, IL.

Funeral services for Sharon will be held in the funeral home chapel on Sunday, April 16, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. with Elder Randy Barlow officiating. She will be laid to rest in Laurelbrook Cemetery.

Please share your memories and photos of Sharon on her online guest register at www.vanderwallfh.com .

The funeral service will be livestreamed at: https://my.gather.app/remember/sharon-lucas-2023 .

The family is being cared for by Vanderwall Funeral Home in Dayton, TN, where they will receive friends on Sunday, April 16, 2023, before the service.