Obituary for Shari Jo Spurrell
Shari Jo Spurrell, 63, of Watertown, passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at her residence.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the First United Methodist Church in Watertown.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, January 10, 2020 at the Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel in Watertown.
Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Watertown.
Active Pallbearers will be Brian and Shawn Spurrell, Steve Paulsen, Dale Johnson, Chris Kjetland and Lance Johnson.
Shari Jo Spurrell was born on July 18, 1956 to James and Jeannette Reed. She graduated from Watertown High School in 1973 and got her LPN license from Lake Area Tech in 1975 and received her RN from Dakota Wesleyan in 1979. After high school she worked briefly at Jenkins Nursing Home. After she received her RN license she was employed at Memorial Hospital and worked as a floor nurse, charge nurse, ER nurse, ICU nurse and as a surgical nurse. After Memorial hospital she went to work at Prairie Lakes Hospital and after a number of years there went to work at Bartron Clinic in Watertown as an RN for a doctor there. A number of years later she retired from nursing due to her health and spent her remaining time on Angel Ridge Farm.
Shari deeply enjoyed her time with her family, her children, grandchildren and all her extended family. She was always willing to help anyone with anything they needed upon asking. Nothing was beyond her imagination. She was a highly skilled seamstress and was often found working on a piece of fabric, turning it into a masterpiece. Shari enjoyed all the animals on Angel Ridge Farm and was always working with them in some way or another. She loved her dogs, they were just like family to her and whatever cat she had at the time that she rescued from outside. She especially loved working with the sheep and lambs that came at the beginning of each year. Each season, it was a guarantee that she had rescued a stray lamb or two and brought them into the house for reviving, love and healing hands.
On August 24, 1973 Shari married Dale Spurrell in Watertown. In October of 1974 they welcomed their son, James. They built their life on the farm in 1982 and in 1985 their daughter, Sally joined their lives.
Shari is survived by her husband, Dale of Watertown; son, Jim (Jaimie) Spurrell of Watertown; daughter Sally (Jeremy) Stulken of Brookings; grandchildren, Nate DeVries of Watertown, Jae-Lynn, Izabel and baby boy Stulken due in April of Brookings; her mother Jeannette Reed of Watertown; father-in-law, Stanley (Rose) Spurrell of Watertown; sisters, Terri (Rick) Kjetland of Wessington and Jody (Tom) Cordell of Watertown; one brother-in- law, Owen (Julie) Spurrell of Davis; a sister-in-law, Marilyn Spurrell of Watertown; nephews, Brian and Shawn Spurrell and their families, Chris Kjetland and his family; nieces, Erin Miller and her family, Tina Kjetland, Amanda Johnson and her family, Courtney Vanderzee, Nichole Smith and her family and Amy Atkins. She is also survived by her step and great step nieces and nephews; and step great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, James Reed, her grandparents, Bob and Jo Reed and her very special friend, Vickie Stenberg.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the First United Methodist Church in Watertown.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, January 10, 2020 at the Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel in Watertown.
Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Watertown.
Active Pallbearers will be Brian and Shawn Spurrell, Steve Paulsen, Dale Johnson, Chris Kjetland and Lance Johnson.
Shari Jo Spurrell was born on July 18, 1956 to James and Jeannette Reed. She graduated from Watertown High School in 1973 and got her LPN license from Lake Area Tech in 1975 and received her RN from Dakota Wesleyan in 1979. After high school she worked briefly at Jenkins Nursing Home. After she received her RN license she was employed at Memorial Hospital and worked as a floor nurse, charge nurse, ER nurse, ICU nurse and as a surgical nurse. After Memorial hospital she went to work at Prairie Lakes Hospital and after a number of years there went to work at Bartron Clinic in Watertown as an RN for a doctor there. A number of years later she retired from nursing due to her health and spent her remaining time on Angel Ridge Farm.
Shari deeply enjoyed her time with her family, her children, grandchildren and all her extended family. She was always willing to help anyone with anything they needed upon asking. Nothing was beyond her imagination. She was a highly skilled seamstress and was often found working on a piece of fabric, turning it into a masterpiece. Shari enjoyed all the animals on Angel Ridge Farm and was always working with them in some way or another. She loved her dogs, they were just like family to her and whatever cat she had at the time that she rescued from outside. She especially loved working with the sheep and lambs that came at the beginning of each year. Each season, it was a guarantee that she had rescued a stray lamb or two and brought them into the house for reviving, love and healing hands.
On August 24, 1973 Shari married Dale Spurrell in Watertown. In October of 1974 they welcomed their son, James. They built their life on the farm in 1982 and in 1985 their daughter, Sally joined their lives.
Shari is survived by her husband, Dale of Watertown; son, Jim (Jaimie) Spurrell of Watertown; daughter Sally (Jeremy) Stulken of Brookings; grandchildren, Nate DeVries of Watertown, Jae-Lynn, Izabel and baby boy Stulken due in April of Brookings; her mother Jeannette Reed of Watertown; father-in-law, Stanley (Rose) Spurrell of Watertown; sisters, Terri (Rick) Kjetland of Wessington and Jody (Tom) Cordell of Watertown; one brother-in- law, Owen (Julie) Spurrell of Davis; a sister-in-law, Marilyn Spurrell of Watertown; nephews, Brian and Shawn Spurrell and their families, Chris Kjetland and his family; nieces, Erin Miller and her family, Tina Kjetland, Amanda Johnson and her family, Courtney Vanderzee, Nichole Smith and her family and Amy Atkins. She is also survived by her step and great step nieces and nephews; and step great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, James Reed, her grandparents, Bob and Jo Reed and her very special friend, Vickie Stenberg.