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Sophia Irene Matousek Sharp

8 May 1906 – 17 Jan 2004

Birth	8 May 1906
Death	17 Jan 2004
Cemetery	Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens Lewiston , Nez Perce County , Idaho , USA
Added by	Sarah/Donna Burelison on 30 Jan 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104405833

Bio

Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 Lewiston Morning Tribune Sophia I. Sharp, 97, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at Life Care Center of Lewiston. She was born May 8, 1906, near Sargent, Neb., to Frank and Frances Patocka Matousck, immigrants from Morava, Czechoslovakia. Sophia married William D. Bill Sharp July 2, 1925, in Aurora, Neb. They lived in various areas of Nebraska then in Salmon, Gooding, Grangeville, Stites and Clark Fork, Idaho, and Hamilton, Mont., before settling in Lewiston in 1956. Sophia had a home laundry business while they lived in Grangeville, then began a long career as a restaurant cook in Clark Fork in the early 1950s. She owned a restaurant there for a while. During her years in Lewiston, Sophia cooked at the Raymond Cafe, St. Joseph's Hospital and finally for 16 years at Curly's II before retiring at age 75. Sophia was noted for her beautiful flower and vegetable gardens, her hospitality and wonderful home-cooked meals, her continuing interest in the lives and well being of her extended family and friends, and for the hundreds of afghans she made and gave away. She enjoyed traveling with her children as long as she was able. Sophia was preceded in death by her parents; all 12 siblings; husband Bill; daughters Caroline, Pauline and Josephine; son Norman; great-grandson John; and one great-great-grandchild. A full graveside service is at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens in Lewiston with Pastor James Soyk of Leland Community Church officiating. A reception to celebrate Sophia's life will follow the service in the community room at Mountain View Funeral Home adjacent to the cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the charity of your choice.

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Family

Parents

• Frank Raymond Matousek 1856–1941
• Francis Pauline Patocka Matousek 1867–1958

Spouse

• William David "Bill" Sharp 1902–1984 FaG

Siblings

• Hattie Matousek Luchart 1877–1952
• Frank J. Matousek 1880–1950
• Mary Teresa Matousek Valla 1883–1952
• Barbara Matousek Urban 1885–1937
• Frances Matousek Kolousek 1895–1992
• John Lend Matousek 1900–1999
• Charles Matousek 1909–1974

Children

• Josephine Martha Frances Sharp 1928–1993 FaG
• Lois Sophia Irene Sharp Miller 1937–2016 FaG

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