PLANO-Sharon A. Lett, age 75 of Plano, IL passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2010, at Edward Hospital in Naperville, IL. She was born on September 4, 1935, in Algona, Iowa, the daughter of John and Flona (Schoepf) Trail.

Sharon was united in marriage on August 20, 1956, in Forest City, IA, to Mr. Ray Lett and they spent the next 54 happy years together. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend who will be deeply missed.

She was employed as the Executive Assistant to the Director of Personnel at The George Washington University. From 1982 thru 1985, she led the Christian Women's Fellowship Group in Washington, D.C. Sharon presided over the Subcabinet Wives Fellowship and the USDA Agriculture Administrator's Wives Groups during the Reagan Administration. Her leadership skills culminated in Sharon directing the First Farm Women's People to People and Foreign Agricultural Service Farm Tour of Europe in 1984. 

She is survived by her husband, Raymond Lett of Plano, IL; her children, Ann Grandquist, of Omaha, NE, David (Karen) Lett of Pana, IL, and Shelley (John) Raymond of Jacksonville, FL; her grandchildren, Josh and Zach Grandquist; Olivia, Charley Ann, Sydney and Christian Lett; J.T., Jack and Joey Raymond; as well as, her sister-in-law, Esther Trail of St. Paul, MN and several nieces and nephews.

A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, September 13, 2010 at the Larson-Nelson Funeral Home, 1010 W. South St. in Plano, IL. Interment will follow in the Oak Mound Cemetery in Somonauk, IL.

Memorials for Sharon may be directed to:

1. Breast Cancer Prevention - Digital Mammography Unit, Pana Hospital Foundation 

2. Paraplegic Assisted Walking Equipment - Paul Bauer Trust

3. Pana Educational Foundation - Student Scholarship Fund

4. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

Friends may visit from 3:00 - 7:00 P.M. on Sunday, September 12, 2010, and again from 9:30 - 10:30 am, before the Funeral Service on Monday, September 13, 2010. 

Published in The State Journal-Register on September 10, 2010