Sharron K. Crabtree

SHARRON KAY CRABTREE November 28, 1945 June 20, 2011 Beloved wife, mother, nana, sister, aunt and friend, left this earth June 20, 2011 after a courageous battle with cancer. Family members were by her side when, as she said, she would finally make it to the end of the beautiful road that she had been dreaming of where loved ones were waiting to receive her. Sharron was born on November 28, 1945, as Sharron Kay Lambeth at Riverside Community Hospital. She grew up and lived her life in Riverside where she attended elementary School through graduation from Ramona High School in 1963. She met Paul W. Crabtree in 1962 and they married in December of 1963. Her life was filled with love for family and friends and a zest for accomplishing any dream she set before herself. She and her husband Paul built a successful construction business in their early years and watched it flourish. Sharron attained her own contractor\'s license as well as a realtor\'s license while running the family business and raising her life\'s true joy, her children, Michael and Karen. Sharron will be especially remembered for her love and caring ways, her spirit of adventure, and the tenaciousness that allowed her to attain achievement in any of her endeavors. We will miss her bright smile and the love we all shared. She will live within our hearts and continue to guide us for all of our lives. Sharron is survived by her husband of 47 years, Paul W. Crabtree, her son Michael Crabtree, her daughter and son-in-law Karen and Thomas Gilstrap, her grandchildren Stephen Gilstrap, Ryan Gilstrap, Jessica Crabtree and Joshua Crabtree, her sister and brother-in-law Barbara and Larry Strabley, her sister and brother-in-law Darlene and Thomas Baier, her brother Lonnie Lambeth Jr., her step-mother Shirley Lambeth, her sister-in-law Patricia Pereira, and 25 nieces and nephews. Sharron was preceded in death by her parents, Loyd and Lee Lambeth. Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m., Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at the Acheson & Graham Garden of Prayer Mortuary, 7944 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA. 92504