Sharon Adelle Gohrick

Sharon Adelle Gohrick was born on March 2, 1938 to Edna May and Fred Oscar Gilseth in Mohall, North Dakota.

She spent the first several years on the farm with her family and three brothers playing as children do, until the family moved into town (Mohall) where she attended 3rd grade. This was where she met her future husband James Lee Gohrick.

During high school Sharon was a cheerleader and in the marching band where she played the Bass Drum. She also worked at the Mohall theatre selling popcorn at the concession stand along with other responsibilities. Her senior year she went to the Homecoming Dance with Jim Gohrick. It was their first date where they were crowned King and Queen.

Sharon graduated from Mohall High School in 1956 and went on to graduate from medical & radiology school in Minneapolis and worked in the field for several years in Mohall and in Omaha Nebraska.

She married her high school sweetheart in 1961. They moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1965 where she raised five children. Sharon was an avid runner and spent large amounts of her time volunteering at her children's’ schools; St. Charles and Bellarmine while being a bookkeeper for Jim’s dental practice.

Sharon and Jim spent many winters in Hawaii, Arizona as well as other travel, visiting their children and grandchildren in California and New Mexico before moving to Walla Walla in 2013 to be closer to her daughters.

She is survived by her husband Jim of 63 years, five children; Lisa (husband Chris), Laura (Bill), Steve (wife Tracy), Cathy and Jim (Trina), 16 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and her two brothers Tom (wife Phylis) and Fred. She is preceded in death by her mother Edna, her father Fred and her brother John.

Sharon will be buried at Calvary Cemetery in Tacoma Washington. Rosary will take place on Thursday, May 1st at 7pm at Gaffney Funeral Home and funeral services are on Friday, May 2nd at St. Charles Borromeo Church at 11am.