Estelle Veronica Shargey

Estelle "Terry" Veronica Shargey, 96 of Winona died Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at Lake Winona Manor.Terry was born March 12, 1918, the second oldest of 12 children born to Stanley and Mary (Zalewski) Taraskewicz (Taras) in Dickson City, PA. She attended Marywood College in Scranton, PA and graduated in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science in Education. She taught high school English in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. On November 13, 1948, Terry married Stanley Shargey in Dickson City, PA and they eventually made their home in Winona where she taught at Winona Technical Secretarial School in the 1960's. Following her teaching career, she worked at Hal Leonard until her retirement. Terry was a dedicated member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and her strong faith was very important to her. She was very talented at crocheting, tatting, knitting and sewing. Her family meant the world to her and she enjoyed every minute spent with them.She is survived by five children, Joann Shargey of Minneapolis, Mary Lou Kaney of Parkview, IA, Stan (Bernice) Shargey of Houston, TX, Patricia (Dan) Walters of Winona and Carol (Paul) Flannigan of Minneapolis; eleven grandchildren, Caroline, Michael, David (Angie), Jennifer (Zak), Abigail, Adam, Jessica (John), Joseph (Shaylee), Jonathan, James and Leah; nine great-grandchildren with one on the way; and one brother, Peter Taras of Olyphant, PA.Memorial Service will be 4 p.m., Saturday, August 16 at Hoff Celebration of Life Center. Visitation will be 3 p.m. until the time of the service. A reception will follow.Please share a memory of Terry, sign her online guestbook and view her video tribute when it becomes available at www.hofffuneral.com.
Tribute video can be found at: videos.lifetributes.com/516504