Sharon Marie Harris

Sharon Harris, formerly of Enterprise and Pomeroy, Washington, died Thursday, December 19, 2024 in Elgin at the age of 77.

At her request there will be no public ceremony.  Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center in La Grande.

Sharon Marie was born on May 19, 1947 in Enterprise, Oregon, the last of four children born to Ross Oral and Ivy Jeannette (Scheaffer) Isaacson.  She graduated from high school in Lewiston, Idaho in 1965 and in 1966 she was jmarried to Fred "Fritz" Harris in Kooskia, Idaho.  

The made their home in Pomeroy, Washington where Sharon worked as a dispatcher for the police department and later they moved to Enterprise, Oregon where she worked for Wallowa County dispatch until she retired after 20 years.  After her husband's death in 2019 she returned to work for Wallowa County until her health began failing and she moved to Elgin to be closer to her brother.

Sharon loved horses and enjoyed camping.  She was talented at needlework and was an accomplished seamstress.

Besides being preceded in death by her husband, her father died in 1992, her mother in 2002.  Two siblings, Jean Isaacson and Gary Isaacson, also died earlier.

Surviving relatives include her children, Sherrie Ledgerwood of Pomeroy, Washington, James Harris of Colorado Springs, Colorado; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; her brother and sister-in-law, Robert & Ellen Isaacson of Elgin.

Contributions in memory of Sharon M. Harris may be made to the Bramlet Memorial Cemetery, P.O. Box 252, Wallowa, OR  97885