Graveside services for Rev. Sharon A. (Hart) MacVean will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at St. Luke’s Cemetery, 3097 State Highway 28 between Jamestown and Randall, Kansas. She passed away in Phoenix, Arizona, on February 10, 2024 at the age of 80.
Sharon was the daughter of Gerald and Margaret (Kaad) Hart of Jamestown. She attended Randall High School, graduating from Glasco High School and Kansas Wesleyan University. She taught at junior high and high schools in Lindsborg, Kansas, and Phoenix, Arizona, as well as serving as a school librarian. In 1979, she graduated from Arizona State University with a Master’s Degree in social work and had her own psychotherapy practice in Phoenix, Arizona, until 1995. She also taught adult classes at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Phoenix. In 1999, she received a Master’s in Divinity from Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California. An ordained minister, Sharon served four United Methodist Churches in Phoenix and Mesa, Arizona, before retiring in 2008.
She married John M. MacVean on June 1, 1968, and they celebrated over 50 years together before he passed away in 2019.
Sharon’s life revolved around her family, including extended family, and church activities such as prayer groups and knitting, crocheting and sewing groups. She made quilts and blankets that she generously shared with family and friends, as well as donating many to church service projects. She loved music, reading, and playing cards and games. She found the positive in people, building strong relationships and friendships that lasted for decades. Although she lived in Arizona for nearly 60 years, Kansas held a special place in her heart and she traveled here frequently.
She is survived by son Christopher MacVean and daughter Lynne MacVean (Francis Wiget II), both of Phoenix; grandchildren Malcolm, John and Caroline MacVean; brother Robert (Linda) Hart of Ponca City, Oklahoma; sister Mary Anne (Dean) Stoskopf of Hoisington; brother-in-law Jay (Barb) MacVean, Gahanna, Ohio; sisters-in-law Judith (Tim) Pressler of Marysville, Ohio and Jane (Frank) Engstrom, Gilbert, Arizona; and many beloved nieces, nephews, and other extended family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents Gerald and Margaret Hart of Jamestown, husband John MacVean, brother Vaughn Hart, and sister-in-law Jacqueline Brezinkski.
Memorial donations are suggested to the Guardians of St. Luke’s Church and Cemetery Endowment Fund c/o Jewell County Community Foundation, PO Box 154, Mankato, KS 66956.
