Sharon Ann Jungquist Devine, 71, of Columbia passed away peacefully on Friday, October 23, 2020, surrounded by her family. A private graveside service will be 12pm, Sunday, November 1st 2020 in Memorial Park Cemetery 1217 Business Loop 70 West. Friends are invited to join a virtual service via Facebook live, please visit www.memorialfuneralhomecolumbia.com and select the view livestream tab under services at the time of the service. If you are unable to view the service live, it will be available for replay on the Memorial Funeral Home, Crematory & Memorial Park Cemetery/Columbia Facebook page after the service ends.
Sharon was born on July 13, 1949, in Jamestown, NY. She grew up in a working-class family with her twin brother, Calvin, and her parents, George and Virginia. Sharon graduated from Jamestown High School in 1967, with High Honors and from Wilson College in 1971, where she majored in linguistics speaking three languages and reading four. She was married to James Devine on May 25, 1971. In 1980, Jim and Sharon moved to Columbia, MO to support Jim in a life-long career as a law professor at the University of Missouri, where they made their home and raised their children. Sharon will be remembered by her family for her patience, love of family & dogs, and enjoyment for the smaller things in life. She was a devoted competitive swim team parent for her boys, who passionately followed politics regionally and nationally.
Sharon, beloved mother, is survived by her three sons and their families, Zach and Rachael, of Woodbury, MN, and their children Averie, Addison, and Aaron; Josh and Christina, of Columbia, and their children James and John, and Noah and Kate, of Kansas City, MO, as well as her twin brother Calvin, and his wife Charlotte and their children, Michelle and her husband Bill Miller, Christie (d. 2016), Tara and granddaughter Rosie, of Jamestown, NY.
She is greeted in heaven by God and her loved ones who passed before: her husband, Jim (d. 2010), her father and mother, George (d. 2010) and Virginia (d. 2017), and her father - and mother-in-law, Richard (d. 1994) and Lucy (d. 2013).
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the University of Missouri Law School Foundation, Columbia Second Chance and Columbia Swim Club, c/o Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W., Columbia, Mo., 65202.
