Sharon Elaine Bartel |1946-2022|

Sharon Elaine Bartel, 76, of Mcpherson, passed away at 9:10 p.m., Friday, March 4th, 2022 at Via Christi ,St. Francis, Wichita.

Sharon was born in Newton, on February 15, 1946, a daughter of Edna Marie (Ensz) and Henry William Goossen.

Sharon attended and graduated Hillsboro High School in 1964. She then attended and graduated from Bethel College, North Newton, in 1968.

She was a member of First Mennonite Church in McPherson.

Sharon was a homemaker and she took great pride in providing for her family in this manner. Through the years Sharon worked as a teacher for the McPherson Public School System until she retired in 2008.

Sharon enjoyed reading, puzzles, knitting & crocheting, family vacations and family get togethers and spending time with her friends.

Sharon E. Goossen was united in marriage to Robert D. Bartel on August 24, 1968 in Hillsboro. The young couple established their first home together in North Newton, Kansas. This union was blessed with the birth of four children, two sons and two daughters, Shaun, Sheri, Shannon, and Sheldon.

She is survived by her children, Shaun Bartel and his wife Debra, of Newton; Sheri Lepard and her husband Alan, of Sylvania, Ohio; Shannon Bartel, of Newton; and Sheldon Bartel and his wife Spring, of McPherson.

She is also survived by her 7 grandchildren, Sarah Bartel, Megan Bartel, Nick Lepard, Markus, Lepard, Haylen Bartel, Jaxson Bartel and Xander Bartel.

Sharon was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Robert "Bob" Bartel.

Visitation will be held on Friday, March 11, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the First Mennonite Church, McPherson.

Memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Mennonite Church, McPherson.

Private family burial will be at Johannestal Cemetery Hillsboro, a later date.