Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 9, 2018 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1603 Kingswood Drive in Fulton. Burial will follow at Callaway Memorial Gardens in Fulton. The family will receive guests from 5-7:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 8 at the church and then again on Monday, April 9 from 12:00 p.m. until the time of the services at the church.
Sharon was born on February 19, 1942 in Northfork, West Virginia to Robert and Billie Lucille Thomas Muckenfuss who preceded her in death. She was married to John DiLuvio on May 17, 1969 in Hampton, Virginia and he survives. They were sealed for time and eternity in the Salt Lake Temple on August 3, 1971.
She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Fulton where she was the pianist for Primary children and the Relief Society for many years.
She was an avid genealogist who taught classes on genealogy and was able to provide thousands of names to her church and family members. Sharon was also a certified Handwriting Analysist. Along with genealogy, Sharon’s greatest love was traveling and spending time with her family. She earned her Bachelor’s of Arts in Education from Radford University and later received her Master’s Degree in Behavior Disorders and Learning Disabilities from the University of Missouri in Columbia. She taught school in Hampton, Virginia, New Smyrna Beach, Florida and also locally at Missouri Girls Town.
Along with her husband John, she is survived by daughters, Cherie (Cecil) Clark of Fulton, Christina (Devvin) DiLuvio-Winder of Ashland, Missouri, Celeste (Christopher) Williams of Bonner Springs, Kansas and Anna (Phillip) Rosinski of Fulton; brother, Ronald (Jan) Lyons of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; grandchildren, Salvatore (Kelsey), Christopher, Bryan (Courtney), Alix, Nicole, John Phillip, Paris, Paige, Elizabeth, Robert, David and Heidi along with great-grandchildren, Giuliana and Brooklyn.
She was also preceded in death by her brother, John Thomas.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to aid in the research of liver cancer, Hepatoblastoma. Please visit www.addiesresearch.org to donate online or send a check to: Foundation for Addie’s Research, 22358 E. Ida Place, Aurora CO 80015. Addie, a member of the DiLuvio family, succumbed to Hepatoblastoma and was very dear to Sharon.
