February 7, 2024, in Vashon, Washington of cancer.
Sharon was born in Portland, Oregon, and graduated from Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington. She then went to ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ÕŽòè¤,where she earned her bachelor’s degree in political science and wrote her thesis on Republican voting in the Deep South with Prof. Kirk Thompson [political science 1964-71] as her advisor. She had a long career in occupational safety and health, eventually retiring from the University of Washington as a senior lecturer in the school of public health. Sharon was an intrepid traveler whose favorite vantage point was the hatch of a sea kayak, from which she explored the wilds of Alaska with her close friends and family. She visited all seven continents and spent months at a time living in Vietnam and Israel with her husband, Moshe Rosenfeld. Sharon was, at her core, a writer; she completed her book, The Meaning of Wife, about the travails of her grandparents, Frank and Libby Robinson, this year.
Sharon is survived by her husband, Moshe; her children, Rebecca Morris-Chatta, Daniel, and Jennifer Morris; and her step-daughters, Rakefet Houchbaum and Segal Kirsch.
Appeared in ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ÕŽòè¤ magazine: Summer 2024