Sharon Erma Hart-Wagner

October 08, 1946 – June 2, 2025

IN THE CARE OF

Fred Hunter Funeral Home

Sharon Erma – Hart Wagner, age 78, of Davie, Florida passed away unexpectedly on Monday, June 2, 2025

‘Celebration of Life’ gatherings are planned for family and close friends on Thursday, July 17th at 6pm at the Rugby Avenue Church in Charlottesville, Va., and at 1pm on Saturday, July 19th at the Easton VFW post 5118, 355 Glebe Road, Easton, MD 21601. In lieu of flowers, a memorial contribution would be most appreciated in her name to one of Sharon’s regularly supported charities:

Rugby Avenue Church of Christ, 1525 Rugby Avenue, Charlottesville, Va. 22903 to benefit the food bank or the annual health mission trips to Guatemala.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure or the Tunnels 2 Towers Foundation

Sharon was born on October 8, 1946 in Baltimore, the daughter of Derward Hart and Erma V. (Pennington) Hart. She was married to Keith Wagner on May 18th 2001.

Sharon is survived by her loving husband Keith Wagner of 24 years, Davie, FL., her brother, Kenneth (Darlene) Hart of Seaford, De., sister-in-law Barbara Cox of Glen Burnie, MD., 9 nieces, Cathy (Bobby) Good, Susan (Gene Pardue) Himelrick, Julie (Jeff Anderson) Himelrick, Robin DeWald, all of Charlottesville, VA., Bonnie (Carl) Klapaska, Severna Park, MD., Chris (Robert) Overstreet, Glen Burnie, MD., Cindy(Paul) Ellison, Severn Park, MD., Jennifer Hart, Hanover, MD. and Debbie (Robb) Odachowski, Littlestown, PA., 5 nephews, Duane Hart, McLean, VA., Mathew (Collen) Cox, Chesapeake Beach, MD. , Mike Himelrick, Charlottesville, VA., Eric (Terri) Himelrick Memphis, TN., and Steve (Paula) Himelrick Chester, MD. Additionally, Sharon was blessed with over two dozen grand and great grandnieces/nephews. To these wonderful young one’s she was “Aunt Sherri”, Tinkerbell, and Sunshine Shar. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Carroll Dean (Helen) Cox, Severna Park MD., and David M. Cox, Glen Burnie, MD. and her sister Patsy Himelrick of Charlottesville, VA.

After graduating from Brooklyn Park H.S. she went to work at U.S.F. &G. Insurance Company in downtown Baltimore, MD. where she worked for the V.P. of the Fidelity-Surety Dept. for 10 years as an executive secretary until the company was acquired. Sharon then went back to Brooklyn Park H.S. for a few years working in the guidance department, which she said “was some of the most rewarding times of her life helping the students”. Later when her sister’s family, that she lived with after losing both parents at a young age, moved to Charlottesville, VA., she also relocated there in 1976.

-Faith and Family was Everything to Sharon –

Sharon returned to working as an executive secretary for the President of Claire Burke, Inc., which later relocated. She stayed in Charlottesville and moved on to Worrell Newspaper and Enterprises Inc. working for both J.D Swartz V.P. and Tom Worrell Jr. Owner.

She simultaneously attended Piedmont College through this period with studies in paralegal, business law, and broadcasting. Also taking courses and business-related seminars at VCU for legal and computer operations.

Her next move was to work initially at John Kluge’s “Morven Farm” and then moving over to Albemarle House as executive personal assistant to Patricia Kluge. It was Patricia’s decision to enter into the film making business that brought her to New York City in 1996 where she eventually met Keith, her future husband.

-The Best was Yet to Come-

While in NYC, she worked for Mrs. Kluge for an additional year before moving on to work as Personal Assistant to Stephan Graham and then on to Leon Charney Esq. Law Office and Real Estate Mgmt. She was Executive PA and Assistant Producer for his TV show, ‘The Leon Charney Report’. She really loved working for Mr. Charney and the exciting challenges her position brought. Exposure to world leaders and financiers, the many guests on his show and the challenges of Real Estate, but when her husband’s work moved him to Davie, FL., she followed. She took the first year off to explore the area, decorate her new home and meet some new friends, with whom she formed strong, lasting friendships. She loved her new home which she and Keith have lived in for their entire time in Florida.

Sharon’s last, and only position in FL. was as the Personal Assistant to Ador Lazar, President and owner of Life Spring Financial Inc originally based in Aventura, FL. After 18 years, almost to the day, she was in the process of training her replacement and was beginning to slowly work her way into retirement. As she has told many, “I might have a retired a little sooner, if not for the opportunity to work from home these last 5 years, I love the challenges and the close relationship I have built with Ador and Irit Lazar.”

While in NYC, and long thereafter, she continued to be an active supporting member of

The New York Celebrity Assistants Association, who are an amazing network of people who get impossible projects done through their shared connections.

Sharon was unique in her skills, drive and abilities. One of those few who could still take shorthand, or find Blood Red Oranges ‘out of season’ from a foreign country for a movie shoot and still get them across the border before they turned color, to catering to the needs of visiting ‘world leaders’ in NYC for the TV show, or an ‘A-list actor’ at Charlottesville’s film festival, (a thank-you note and picture to her from Gregory Peck still hangs on her wall, to helping get her ‘train buddies’ out of NYC on 9/11 or during the ‘great black out’ when trains and bridges were all shutdown by ‘commandeering’ a ride in an empty ambulance that was leaving Manhattan, or just organizing a few hundred documents, digitizing them for processing, all the while on the phone with a truck driver moving some artwork across the country.

Sharon loved her faith, supporting programs at her former church, fishing with her brothers, singing to Patsy Kline, seeing a movie on the big screen, collecting clocks, Native American Art, going to an Indian Pow-Wow, finding collectables with frogs, roosters or butterflies, driving her stick shift 4 wheel drive “Pick’em-Up Toyota” truck, going to a baseball game, be it one of her nephews or the Baltimore Orioles, finding and restoring antique whimsical collectables, cooking for guests, checking on the family, playing Omaha-8 poker on-line for fun, and most lately raising orchids.

Sharon’s personal email address had always been Tooantuh (“Spring Frog” in Cherokee), noting a strong connection to nature, rebirth, and renewal. Believing in the family lore that there was a tiny bit of Cherokee in the family blood line that seemed to fuel her interest in all things Native American.

She was generous, kind, loyal, adventurous and oh so loving. A second Mom to many, an instantly welcomed ‘daughter’, ‘sister’, ‘aunt’, by Keith’s parents, siblings, nephews and nieces back in Chicago, and a devoted and loving wife. In addition, she supported Keith in so many ways in his love and relationship with, his daughter, Nichole Barney, grandchildren and great grandchildren living in Lubbock, Texas.. We all will miss her every day.

-Sharon Will be Missed-