Sherrill Elizabeth Holbert

A funeral service, to celebrate the life of Sherrill Elizabeth Holbert, 54 of Newark, will be held on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 11:00 AM at Criss-Schoedinger Funeral Home, with Pastor Michael Menefield officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Sherrill was born in Newark, Ohio on September 12, 1955 to Woodrow and Mary Elizabeth (Carlisle) Holbert. She passed away December 25, 2009 after a courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Her mother and father cared for her tenderly at home for 17 years.

Sherrill attended Central Elementary School, Central Junior High School and graduated from Newark High School in 1973. She went on to further her education at Ohio University in Athens, graduating with her bachelor’s degree in health education. She was employed by the Ohio Department of Health in Akron; worked at Leads Head Start in Newark; Ohio Department of Health in Columbus; and retired in 1991, due to her disability, from the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation in Columbus.

Sherrill was the type of person who lived life to the fullest. She enjoyed going to concerts, going to sporting events, listening to music, dancing and traveling with her family to Florida. She loved everyone she knew and was known as everyone’s friend. She was also an active member of Trinity A.M.E. Church in Newark. She will be sadly missed by her parents, brother, many relatives and friends. May God bless her and keep her forever in His loving arms.

In addition to her parents, survivors include one brother and sister-in-law, Lawrence W. and Shirley A. Holbert; niece, Shannon M. Holbert; special cousin, Carla M. Watson and a host of other family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her grandparents, John H. and Deborah (Green) Carlisle, and Louis and Inis (Mayle) Holbert; aunts, uncles and other relatives.

Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Sherrill to Trinity A.M.E. Church, 64 East Church Street, Newark, Ohio 43055.

Family and friends may call at the funeral home, 179 Granville Street, Newark, on Monday from 4:00-7:00 PM. Visit www.CrissSchoedinger.com to share a story about Sherrill or to sign an online guest book.