Utica- Sharon M. (Bourgeois) Schoff, 53, of Genesee St. passed away peacefully at her residence on Monday, April, 18, 2011. She was born in Constableville, on August 16, 1957, a daughter of Joseph J. and Loretta Seelman Bourgeois. Sharon grew up on the Bourgeois Homestead Farm on Rt. 26, West Leyden, attending West Leyden Elementary School. After her father's death in 1967, her family moved to Boonville, where Sharon graduated from Adirondack High School, with the Class of 1975. On August 9, 1980, Sharon was married to Mark W. Schoff, at St. Mary's Church, West Leyden. After that the couple settled on the Schoff Homestead Farm on Fish Creek Road. For many years Sharon was employed as a dairy farmer at that farm. She moved to her present home in Utica in 2010. Sharon was of the Catholic faith, she loved her daughter Jessica, and animals. In addition to her daugher, Jessica M. of Utica, she is survived by two brothers and their spouses, Jerome (Mary) Bourgeois, Boonville, Lawrence (Bonnie) Bourgeois, Syracuse; two sisters, Evelyn (Charles) Kellogg, Texas, and Cynthia (Larry) Zeigler, Boonville, and many nieces nephews. She was predeceased by her mother, Loretta Bourgeois in 2006. Her Funeral will be Thursday at 1:00 P.M. at the Trainor Funeral Home, Inc. 143 Schuyler St. Boonville, with interment to follow in Calvary Cemetery, Port Leyden. Visitation at the funeral home is Thursday 10:00 until 1 P.M. One of Sharon's greatest joys in her life was flowers. Those desiring are welcome to send floral bouquets to the funeral home in her memory. For an on-line message of sympathy, to view her obituary, or to share a memory of Sharon, please go to www.trainorfuneralhome.com.
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