Richard E. Sharp

MANCHESTER- Richard E. Sharp, 87, passed away on Friday November 12, 2010 at York Hospital. He was the husband of Miriam L. (Hauer) Sharp. The couple had wed on April 21, 1946. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at St. Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 99 E. George St., York New Salem, with Reverend Lisa A. Hair officiating. A viewing will be from 1-2 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Burial will be held at St. Jacob's Union Cemetery. Heffner Funeral Chapel & Crematory, Inc., 1551 Kenneth Rd., York, is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Sharp was born on September 6, 1923 a son of the late Emanuel and Sarah (Zinn) Sharp. Richard was the owner and operator of Sharp's Dry Cleaners as well as Sharp's Village Mobile Home Park. Mr. Sharp was a member of St. Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Along with his wife Miriam, Richard is survived by three daughters, Brenda Anderson and her husband Harvey of Bluff City, TN, Donna Santa Maria and her husband, Carmen of Lewisberry, and Patty Taylor and her husband, Douglas of Manchester; four grandchildren, Laura, Joseph, Sarah and Grace; and one sister, Alene Meckley of York New Salem.