Sharon Elaine (DeMaster) Thompson passed away Monday, September 28, 2026 at the age of 84, in her home on the farm. She was surrounded by family and her devoted dog, Jazzy. She is preceded in death by her parents, sister Carole DeMaster, son-in-law Tim Weier, grandchildren Bryce Weier and Erin (Weier) Remme.

Sharon was born in White Earth, MN February 21, 1942 to Eugene and Mary (Giard) DeMaster and lived for a short time in Bejou, MN.

With no work available in northern MN, her parents, with their four young daughters, sought employment in the Henry Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard in Vancouver, WA in 1943. The family eventually settled down near a small town, Ridgefield, WA, where Sharon attended her first eight years of school. In 1955, the family relocated to Lakeville, MN where she attended high school, graduating with honors as a proud member of the Lakeville High School class of 1959.

While in high school Sharon dated her neighbor, Gordon (Gordie) Thompson, and they were married on June 20, 1959 at West Christiania Lutheran Church. Thompson Farm became Sharon’s new forever home. They had celebrated close to 64 years together in marriage at his death in 2023. He was very proud of Sharon and would tell her she was “perfect” and tell others how lucky he was to have her as his wife.

Gordon and Sharon went on to have six daughters, 20 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Sharon became the foundation of love and support for the girls as they grew up on the farm and then carried that on to her grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and many others who considered the farm to be a second home. The close bond among her grandchildren became lovingly known as “The Cousinship”—something that brought Grandma tremendous pride.

Sharon was very talented in whatever she chose to do. She sewed many things throughout her life but really put her heart into personalized quilts for her grandchildren’s graduations, weddings and great-grandchildren’s baby quilts. She was also a gifted baker and food provider for the many gatherings at the farm. She even baked and decorated wedding cakes professionally in the early days.

Another talent was music. She played the tenor saxophone in the LHS band and then returned to it later in life as a member of community, theater and church bands. She directed multiple youth musicals as a part of her daughters’ 4-H and church activities and started a family handbell choir by purchasing handbells as a memorial to her mother, Mary.

During the farm crisis of the 1980’s, she attended Normandale Community College and earned her Associate’s Degree in Science and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1992. She never worked at that profession but her education served her well. Several of her classes awakened her to many unjust social issues and she could no longer look the other way. She made an honest attempt to learn the truth about how the world actually works and those classes had a huge impact.

When her youngest daughter, Penny, attended St.Thomas University, parents of students were offered free tuition. Sharon took advantage of this and enrolled in six classes in their Justice and Peace Studies program. She became passionate in her political thinking and those classes nurtured her strong support of all marginalized groups of people and social justice in the world.

Her love of reading and writing led to publishing four of her writings from that period. She also wrote and published, through Storyworth, “My Life Stories” which showcased her natural talent for writing. Recently she attended protests with her sign reading, “We are all world citizens. No-one is an enemy. No-one is a foreigner.” The ripple effect of Sharon’s presence on Earth will be felt for generations to come.

One of Sharon’s final wishes was to thank all of the doctors, nurses and staff at Minnesota Oncology for all of their care over the last three years. She knew them all by name and their love and concern for her was evident at each visit.

Sharon is survived by daughters Debbie (Bruce) Lundeen, Lynn (Jeff) Kovash, Janice (Bruce) Kosbab, Judie (Randy) Thompson, Nancy Mosser, Penny (Brady) Starkey; Grandchildren Kelly (Evan) Lundeen, Brandon (Erin) Weier, Kevin (Jacqueline) Lundeen, Kelvin Kosbab, Paige Scherer, Rachel (Graham) Espenlaub, Brittany (Josh) Johnson, Michael (Rosalynd) Mosser, Sarah (William) Kosbab, Allie Mosser, Kory (Julia) Lundeen, David (Ava) Thompson, Grant (Allissa) Mosser, Jenny Mosser, Mark Mosser, Teagan (Brandon) Sperling, Ben Mosser, Kayli Starkey. 20 great-grandchildren. Sisters Ruth Myer, Mary Jean Rosenberg, Kathy (Phil) Seymour, Adrienne DeMaster; brothers Kenneth “Johnny” (Jeanne) DeMaster, Philip (JoAnne) DeMaster and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 3 PM at Christiania Lutheran Church, 26691 Pillsbury Avenue South, Lakeville, MN 55044. A memorial visitation will take place from 1:30 to 3 PM prior to the service at the church.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Vranicure (Metastatic Breast Cancer Research - www.Vranicure.org) or Christiania Lutheran Church.