Grace Laurette Sharp

Grace Laurette Sharp, 99, of Cape Coral, Florida, passed away on October 8, 2026. She was born on August 23, 1927, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. On June 19, 1948, she married James Sharp in Hazleton, beginning 51 years of marriage together.

In 1965, Grace and Jim made their home in Fallsington, Pennsylvania, where she lived for most of her life. For many years she spent her winters in Florida, and in 2010 she moved to Cape Coral full time, where she shared a home with her sister, Laurette. There she was surrounded by a close-knit circle of friends, and their social life together was legendary. She worked as an executive secretary at Morton Thiokol and also worked at Educational Testing Service.

Grace was a woman of Catholic faith and a proud member of her community. She belonged to the Fallsington Historical Society and served as Grand Doe of the Fairless Hills Elks Club. Nothing made her happier than hosting her family for big Thanksgiving and Christmas get-togethers, whiskey sour in hand.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, James Sharp, in 1999. Grace is survived by her loving sister and companion, Laurette Scatton.

She is also survived by her children, David (Edith) Sharp, Jamie (Valerie) Sharp, Sharon Sharp (John Dascoli), and Chris (Gretchen) Sharp; her grandchildren, Richard (Jessie) Moore, Alison (Ray) Marietta, Stephanie (John) McGraw, and Mackenzie Sharp; and her great-grandchildren, Elise and Sawyer Moore and Ethan and Liam McGraw.

Please join friends and family at a viewing for Grace's, Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm with a funeral service to follow at James J. Dougherty Funeral Home, 2200 Trenton Road, Levittown, PA 19056. Interment will take place that Monday, October 19, 2026, 10:00am at Resurrection Cemetery, 5201 Hulmeville Rd, Bensalem, PA.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Grace's memory to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675, or to the Bucks County SPCA, P.O. Box 277, Lahaska, PA 18931.