FOWLER – Sharon I. Canton, age 68, died early Wednesday morning, April 7, 2010, at her Fowler, Kansas, residence.

She was born April 20, 1941, at Stephen, Minnesota, the daughter of Mildred Rasmussen Romberger and James O'Connor. As a young girl, she attended Dannebrog High School. A resident of Fowler for twenty-eight years, she was a bookkeeper and care giver.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Kingsdown, Kansas. Sharon enjoyed cross stitching, board games, working cross-word puzzles, and spending time with her children, grandchildren, and friends.

On April 1, 1967, she married LeRoss Canton at Fall City, Nebraska. He passed away on March 8, 1993.

She is survived by:
Four sons, Robert Canton of Ashland, Kansas
Mike Canton of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Richard Canton of Hutchinson, Kansas
Brett Kendrick of Gunnison, Utah

Two daughters, Jackie Trask of Maine
Deanna Croson of Mayflower, Arkansas

A brother, Jim O'Conner of Medford, California

Two sisters, Elva Awe of South Carolina
Bonnie Sarff of Clay Center, Kansas

Ten grandchildren

She is preceded in death by her husband; a brother, Ordie O'Conner; and her parents.

Celebration of Life services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 10, 2010, at the First Presbyterian Church, Kingsown, with the Reverend Orlando Jantz presiding. Cremation has taken place. Inurnment will for the ceremony in the Fowler Cemetery, Fowler.

The family would welcome memorials to Hospice of the Prairie in care of Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade, Kansas.