www.dahnandwoodhouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sharon was born on March 5, 1943 on her family\u2019s farm near Dedham, IA, and she was the daughter of Clem and Elizabeth (Wiskus) Klocke.\u00a0 She grew up on the farm and graduated from Kuemper High School in 1960.\u00a0 Sharon worked for the Carroll Chamber of Commerce and a local car dealership following high school.\u00a0 Sharon met the love of her life, Eldon Wright, at the wedding of their friends Denis and Judy Gibson.\u00a0 Eldon and Sharon were married on October 8, 1966 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dedham.\u00a0 The couple made their home in Audubon County on a farm for two years and then moved to their farm north of Scranton where they raised their three children and farmed their entire married life.\u00a0 Sharon was a very active member of St. Paul\u2019s Catholic church in Scranton until its closing when she and Eldon became members of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jefferson.\u00a0 She was a member of the Catholic Daughters and the Rosary Sodality.\u00a0 She was also a member of the Varscei Club amongst many other clubs.\u00a0 Sharon had several part time jobs over the years, but she was a farmwife at heart and was very active in their farming operation, milking cows, field work, and helping with harvest.\u00a0 She also attended DMACC in Carroll and earned a business degree and then worked for MacDonald Insurance and Heritage Insurance helping countless customers.\u00a0 She was a fabulous cook, and she also enjoyed fishing, mushroom hunting, playing cards, and being the best grandma ever.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sharon is survived by her children and their families: Eric Wright (Barrie) of Mountain Lake, MN, Amy Jo Ricker (Mark) of Raymond, KS, and William \u201cB.J.\u201d Wright (Hayleigh) of Scranton; thirteen grandchildren; her siblings and in-laws: Gerald (Betty) Klocke of Carroll, Donna Klocke of Rockwell City, Ronald Klocke of Carroll, Jim (Louann) Klocke of Edgewood, WA, Carol Klocke of Carroll, Marlene (Jim) Wille of Lewisville, TX, and Sharen Wright of Carroll.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sharon was preceded in death by her husband, Charles \u201cEldon\u201d Wright, her parents and parents-in-laws: Clem and Elizabeth (Wiskus) Klocke, Bill and Lois (Horning) Wright.\u00a0 She was also preceded in death by her sisters, brothers and in laws: Jessie and Arnold Fast, Maxine and Gene McFarland, Helen and Roy Knobbe; Delbert Johnson, Lorraine and Bill Gettler, Frances and Norman Phipps, Neil Whisnant, Louise and Earl Costello, Donna and Ken Lowe, Lambert Klocke, LeRoy and Janice Klocke, Joleen Klocke, Wayne Klocke, Henry and Vera Wright, and Duane Wright; as well as several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0\u00a0Sharon Wright, age 82, of Scranton, IA, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at her home in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-55595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}