Sharon Patricia Bright age 71, passed away on July 2, 2011 at St. Peters Hospital after a ten month battle with Lung Cancer.<\/p>\n
Sharon was born on February 19, 1940 in Helena, Montana to Buzzwell and Mary (Bresnan) Skinner. She married Robert Sr. (Sonny) Bright on March 18, 1960 in Choteu Montana. Her enjoyment in life was being a homemaker and the mother to four children. She was a very loving person with a big heart. She enjoyed taking care of her family, horses and her two dogs Bum and Mick were a love of hers. Sharon worked at the Cooney Home and Mt. View Girls School and enjoyed it very much.<\/p>\n
Sharon is survived by her loving husband Robert Sr. (Sonny); her four children, Denise (Paul) Cartisser, Shannon (Dennis) Meyer, Bobbie (Dave) Clark, Robert (Tammy) Bright; her brothers and sister, Josh Skinner, Tim Skinner and Mary Ann Nelson; grandchildren, Bryan (Mandie) Spece Jr., Buddy Mergenthaler, Sunni (Mike Taylor) Mergenthaler and Travis Cartisser; great \u2013 grandchildren, Corbin and Collin Spece, Jessica Mergenthaler, Belle Taylor, Dayton and Daimen Cartisser. Sharon is also survived by her dogs Bum and Mick, her quarter horse Mare Lola and best Phone friends Penny Bright and Raven Smith.<\/p>\n
Sharon was preceded in death by her parents Buzzwell and Mary Skinner; son in law, Buddy Mergenthaler Jr.; father in law, Cecil Ray Bright; mother in law, Elly May Cole Bright; Numerous brother and sister in laws.<\/p>\n
A Vigil service will be 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 6th at Retz Funeral Home Chapel. A Funeral Mass is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 7th at St. Mary\u2019s Catholic Church with interment to follow at Forestvale Cemetery. Memorials in Sharon\u2019s name are suggested to the St. Peter\u2019s Cancer Treatment Center C\/O St. Peter\u2019s Hospital, 2475 Broadway Street, Helena, Montana 59601. To offer condolences to the family or share a memory of Sharon, please visit: www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1201342.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":"","event_title5":"","event_date5":"","start_time5":"","end_time5":"","location5":"","address5":"","city5":"","state5":"","zipcode5":"","event_title6":"","event_date":"","start_time6":"","end_time6":"","location6":"","address6":"","city6":"","state6":"","zipcode6":"","event_title7":"","event_date7":"","start_time7":"","end_time7":"","location7":"","address7":"","city7":"","state7":"","zipcode7":"","event_title8":"","event_date8":"","start_time8":"","end_time8":"","location8":"","address8":"","city8":"","state8":"","zipcode8":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/23339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}