SHARON K. CONKLIN

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Sharon K. Conklin, 76, passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at the University of Iowa hospital and clinics, from complications from prolong illnesses.

Funeral Service will be 10:00 am on Friday, May 2, 2025, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Pastor David Russell will Officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family, in care of Shane Conklin. Online condolences: www.wittichfuneralhome.com

Sharon was born on May 2, 1948, in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Theodore R. and Mae I. Fix Kemper. She was united in marriage with Richard Conklin on June 5, 1965.

Sharon was a member of the Woman of the Moose. She worked as a shift manager at Hardees for 35 years.

She was an avid bowler and enjoyed going to the casino, Sharon and her husband travelled to Las Vegas 57 times. Spending time with her family, especially her grandkids. Baking cakes and peanut clusters.

Sharon is survived by her sons, Travis Conklin of Elizabeth, Illinois, and Shane Conklin of Muscatine; five grandchildren, Kayla McHugh, Logen Conklin, Kara Conklin, Kari Conklin, and Avery Conklin-Ryan; and four great grandchildren, Keeleigh, Mannix, Sawyer, and Fisher.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Theodore R. Kemper on May 30, 1999 and Mae I. Fix Kemper on January 12, 2001; and husband, Richard Conklin on October 8, 2022.