Sharon grew up in the leafy suburbs south of Seattle near SeaTac Airport. She formed many of her lifelong friendships there at Riverton Heights Elementary, where she immediately shone as a student, and her entire education was marked by impeccable grades. She was a little shy then but enjoyed the usual 1960's mix of Barbie's, slumber parties, birthday celebrations, and family trips. On one trip with a friend to a seaside cabin, she was told a spooky campfire story about Bigfoot. It made a lasting impression, and forever afterward she travelled as more of a Hotel Princess than a Nature Girl.

Sharon's social life took off as she entered junior high. (Sunset Junior High's 1975 Girl of the Year, in fact.) She took hula lessons and was an accomplished dancer, sometimes breaking out the 'uli'uli poms at family gatherings and celebrations many years later. She was an enthusiastic cheerleader (but rarely fessed up to it as an adult), and she coaxed her friends into joining the pep club too, cementing friendships that lasted her whole life.

In high school Sharon (then Sherrie) became a Glacier Grizzly cheerleader, and at age 14 became a Seattle Sounders fan. Not only did she and several girlfriends attend every game, but she went to training sessions and after-game events and remained a loyal supporter until the team folded in 1983. (Photos of one or two winsome players remained among her memorabilia many decades later, so that may have had something to do with it.)

Sharon got her first job at the Riverton MacDonald's on Highway 99. That's where she met Ramona, who became her travel buddy, partner in crime, adventure seeker, and life-long sister-friend. Nights after work, especially during summer, they'd be busy with movies at the Duwamish Drive-In, Manhattan chowder at Ivar's, swimming at apartment pools, parties, and lots of driving fueled by Sharon's insatiable love of cars.

She also loved music and discovered Jimmy Buffet and Bruce Springsteen around this time.  She remained a lifelong fan of both, attending many concerts, even Jimmy's last one in 2018. She met Bruce Springsteen twice and was able to tell him how much she adored him and loved his music. He gave her a big squeeze that made her blush.

Through all of this, she maintained her 4.0 GPA. She liked English and History and was a tour de force in the Senior Yearbook class. She developed a love for the stage, both acting and behind the scenes as a costume designer, so gravitated to the drama department at Whitman College, though she earned her Bachelor's Degree as an English major. One of her drama professors, showing a sneaky flair for matchmaking, arranged for Sharon to work on a project with Scott, who was in a different class. Sharon and Scott immediately became friends, then best friends, then more than friends, then married in 1988. Her tombstone reads, "But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you." Their child Spencer was born nine months later. The enormous depth of Sharon's commitment to her other roles – daughter, student, employee, friend, dancer, designer, writer, wife, keeper of the earth and caregiver for humanity – all paled in comparison to her devotion as a mom. She was a mom through-and-through, and was the backbone, inspiration, and driving force of her family.

Sharon worked night shifts as a proofreader, then for several years before becoming a mom she worked at Boeing. She was in the "black box" building there, working on a top-secret project. Years later she was able to reveal it was the B-2 stealth bomber. When Scott started developing software in the 1990's, Sharon was the heart and brains of their family-run company, and over the years she shepherded it into becoming a juggernaut that, just barely, kept their bills paid until they were both able to blissfully retire.

Sharon wrote throughout her life and was always working on an unfinished novel. She was a skilled seamstress, sewing both her satin prom dress and her gorgeous velvet-and-silk wedding dress. She designed and built costumes for many college theatre productions and several in Seattle. Her love of literature inspired a love of all things antique and vintage, particularly clothing, jewellery, fabrics, art (especially silhouettes), and anything kitsch. She had a quirky eye for design and loved finding the old and interesting and incorporating them into her fashions and interiors.

She wanted to be a librarian when she was a kid, and her aptitude as a curator led to extensive scrapbooking, collecting, and keeping of mementos, showcasing them in fanciful and eclectic tableaus secreted playfully throughout her home. She dubbed her childhood friends the "Burien Debs," and organized many birthdays, celebrations, get-togethers and trips with them. She was the archivist of their lives and always had an old photo or program, or a cork she'd saved from a particular wine bottle, that would bring their shared past alive, always with a funny story.

Sharon adored her parents, her family, and her friends. She held nothing back, was there for them every day. She approached every person with warmth and humor. She was interested in your life, listened sensitively with compassion, and imparted her own wisdom with love. If you needed help, she would move mountains. She died on March 17, 2026. We miss her.

We'll have a large celebration for Sharon in November 2026. If you would like to attend and share your memories of her, please send a note to celebrationforsharon@gmail.com so we can send you an invitation with the date when it's determined.

You may also share memories of Sharon by signing her online guest register at Evans.  To check for updates, please feel to bookmark this direct link to her memorial site: www.evanschapel.com/obituary/sharon-campbell