Sharon Kay Keys

     Sharon Kay Keys, 80, El Dorado Springs, MO passed away on Friday, October 24th, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO. Sharon was born January 27, 1945, in Pittsburg, KS to Harold and Maurine Mae (Jackson), Trogle.

     Sharon was raised in Nevada and Lamar and graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1964. For most of her life Sharon worked in healthcare as a CNA. She worked at Truman Healthcare in Lamar for several years and at Bristal Manor in Lamar. Although she lived most of her adult life in Lamar, Sharon has lived in El Dorado Springs for the past two years.

     Survivors include a daughter, Marilyn M. Berberich (Bradley), Nevada; 11 grandchildren, Alissa Meyer, Troy Hicks, Jennifer Ridley, Elizabeth Berberich, Austin Highfill, Amanda Carel, Aaron Highfill, Rusty Hicks, Stephanie Hicks, Lisa Hicks, and Jerica Hicks; 21 great-grandchildren; one niece and several nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Charlotte Kay Highfill; a son, Gregory Dean Hicks; and a sister, Sandy Manley.

     Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.  Friends may call now and until the hour of service at the funeral home.  

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