Sharon Kay Gustafson

               
            
   Sharon Kay Thompson Gustafson, age 71, of Harton Place, passed away at 6:32 AM on Monday, February 19, 2018, at her home of natural causes. Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM on Thursday, February 22, 2018, at St. John’s United Methodist Church with Rev. Don Dilday and Rev. Janet Carden officiating. Burial will follow in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery-West. Visitation will be from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home.

   Mrs. Gustafson was born in Charleston, Missouri, on October 27, 1946; to the late Leonard E. and Dorothy Lou Byrd Thompson. Sharon was a homemaker. In her earlier years she was a telephone operator in Cairo, Ill. She was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church. She was a past president and treasurer for the La Petite Fleur Garden Club, former treasurer of the Harton Place Homeowner Association. Sharon was a wonderful seamstress, she enjoyed sewing and making clothes for those she loved. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

   Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Darrell L. Gustafson of Hopkinsville; her daughter, Brooke Colburn and her husband, Doug Jr. of Hopkinsville; her sisters, Darlene Matthews of Marble Hill, Missouri, Linda Bailey of Flint, Michigan, and Shirley Moore and her husband, Roy of Benton, Missouri; her granddaughters, Ellie, Ava and Maggie Colburn; and several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Pennyroyal Hospice at 200 Burley Ave. Hopkinsville, KY 42240 or Max’s Hope Pet Rescue 8710 Pilot Rock Road Hopkinsville, KY 42240.

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