Laura Ann (Lewis) Sherman (88) of Sikeston, Missouri passed away April 7, 2021 at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Laura Ann was born September 9, 1932 to Orbra William and Dixie (Shy) Lewis in East Prairie, Missouri. In 1950 she graduated as the valedictorian of New Madrid High School and later attended the Texas State College for Women and Southeast Missouri State College.
On July 12, 1958 she married Roger Brooks Sherman in New Madrid, Missouri at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Laura Ann was a member of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church of Sikeston, Missouri, where she served as an active member of the Daughters of Isabella(The Women of St. Francis). She was a member of the Sikeston Kiwanis Club and assisted in many youth programs in the community as her children were participating. Laura Ann retired, after 17 years of employment, from the Missouri Delta Community Hospital in 1996.
Survivors include her husband, Roger and her children Paul F. (Beverly) of Springfield, MO, Ann (Larry) Smothers of Lake St. Louis, MO, Janet (Kenneth) Moorman of Troy, MO, Mike Sherman of Jonesboro, AR, Brooks (Carol) of Leawood, KS, Barbara (Brian) Satterthwaite of Wildwood, MO and Laura (Boyd) Green of Sikeston, MO. She is also survived by 22 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, one brother, Joe(Linda) Lewis of Kansas City, MO, sisters in law Beth Lewis of California and Helen Shelby of Poplar Bluff, MO, brother in law Roy(Reba) Sherman of Jonesboro, AR as well as many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, O.W. and Dixie Lewis and her siblings Billy Bob(Margie) Lewis, Jack(Polly) Lewis, Ralph Lewis, Berta Lewis and Jean Lewis.
Visitation will be held on Friday, April 9, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, MO. A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston, MO., Father David Dohogne, officiating.
Burial will follow on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston, MO.
Mrs. Sherman’s grandchildren will serve as pallbearers.
The family requests that memorial gifts be made to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital at stjude.org or a charity of your choice.
Online condolences may be sent to: www.nunneleefuneralchapel.com
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