Sharon Rose Watson (Walsh), 78, of Boothbay Harbor, and Gibbstown, N.J., died peacefully in her sleep on May 5 (Feast of the Ascension).
Sharon loved spending time with her husband Don at their home in Maine. She also loved the outdoors and was an avid dog-lover and cherished her Akitas Shima and Shane. She was an accomplished musician and had a great love of books and movies. Sharon was a former elementary school teacher for Saint Cecilia’s of Pennsauken, St. Peters of Merchantville, St. Rose in Haddon Heights and Veterans Memorial School in Camden, N.J. She was intensely proud of her Irish heritage and a dear friend of Monsignor Michael Doyle of Sacred Heart Parish in Camden, and the former Monsignor Richard Callahan of St. Rose of Lima, Haddon Heights and St Cecilia, Pennsauken parishes.
Sharon was a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Rutgers University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She was also a proud graduate of Camden Catholic High School where she played the lead role in her high school play as Mrs. Sally Adams in ‘Call me Madam,’ which is where she met her soulmate, Don.
She is predeceased by her angel, grandson, Thomas Scopa.
She was the beloved wife of Donald Robert Watson Jr. for 60 years and the proud mother of eight children: Sharon (David) Max, Donald III, Bernadette (Robert) Scopa, Paul (Christine), Rosemary (Tom) Coleman, John (Lynne), Michael, and Jennifer (Richard) Mullen. Sharon also was the very proud grandmother of 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Sharon’s visitation from 6-8 p.m., Wed., May 11 and 9:30-10:30 a.m., Thurs., May 12 at Inglesby & Sons Funeral Home, located at 2426 Cove Rd., Pennsauken, N.J. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. at St. Peters Roman Catholic Church, 43 W. Maple Ave, Merchantville, N.J. and Sharon will be laid to rest at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Swedesboro, N.J.
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