"Sharon is a wonderful present every day of the year! I am truly lucky that God put her in my life."
-Alexandre Santoro
Loving Wife, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Friend, Coworker, Pilot/co-Pilot, Director Sharon Diane Rush passed away in her home at Mountain View, California.
A Bay Area resident for over 20 years, Sharon courageously battled cancer for the past several months.
Sharon was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and was raised in Spraggs, PA.
She was a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and received a master’s degree in theater from Ohio University and an MBA from the University of Washington.
Sharon had many interests as she worked as a teacher, a New York stage director and held managerial posts at several Silicon Valley companies.
Sharon led a full and adventurous life outside of work. She was an avid reader, a private pilot and runner. She also found time for gardening, knitting, learning new
languages and going to plays and movies with her husband Alex, family and friends.
Sharon was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and Rae Rush. Sharon is survived by her adoring husband Alexandre Santoro, her sisters Linda Raymont and Connie Neil, nephew Zachary Chapman and niece Cathy Loughner.
Her courage, wit, and smile will be missed by all those who loved her.
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A Bay Area resident for over 20 years, Sharon courageously battled cancer for the past several months.
Sharon was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and was raised in Spraggs, PA.
She was a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and received a master’s degree in theater from Ohio University and an MBA from the University of Washington.
Sharon had many interests as she worked as a teacher, a New York stage director and held managerial posts at several Silicon Valley companies.
Sharon led a full and adventurous life outside of work. She was an avid reader, a private pilot and runner. She also found time for gardening, knitting, learning new
languages and going to plays and movies with her husband Alex, family and friends.
Sharon was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and Rae Rush. Sharon is survived by her adoring husband Alexandre Santoro, her sisters Linda Raymont and Connie Neil, nephew Zachary Chapman and niece Cathy Loughner.
Her courage, wit, and smile will be missed by all those who loved her.
Please post your comments below.
The picture above was taken at a cafe in Rome. Sharon and I visited Italy in 2008 and had a great time. One of the places she insisted we visit was the Capuchin crypt, one of the eeriest places I have ever seen, with furniture made from the bones of dead monks.
ReplyDeleteA strange choice for someone who never went to horror movies until she met me.
I'm just swept back to the days at Menloplace. It was truly the best place to be with the best group of people. Sharon was always so positive and so much fun to be around. Everyone was. It saddens me so much that one of us has passed. She may be gone for now but she will never be lost or forgotten. Alex, you and Sharon will be together again one day. Until then, be strong and rejoice in the time she was here. She was a gift to you and to all of us...
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Sharon was fun to be with and it always impressed me how gladly she would receive all of the brazilian friends at her place (and we are quite a few)! We will always carry fond memories of the times we had together, specially of the first visit we made after Ian was born. Those were happy days!
ReplyDeleteWe would like to thank her specially for making Alex's life so fulfilled...
Sharon and I met in New York City in 1985 working at a theatre festival; she was directing a play and I was performing. When she moved to Seattle just a few years later I felt so happy to know that the connection we had made was solid, we were not going to lose touch; in fact I visited her there on my way to Alaska in 1988. I have many stories from our times together but this is my favorite: in 1992 she and I proposed meeting in DC. So we had a great time wandering the town. In a fanciful way we were thinking of other trips we might take and for some reason the Millenium came up. And one of us said, how about we celebrate the end of the century by going to Nepal?! Ok. Eight years later in the fall of 2000 I was having a tough time for a variety of reasons. Out of the blue Sharon calls and says, “Are we going to Nepal?” It broke my mood and brought me such a feeling of joy to have a friend with such kindness and such an incredible memory.
ReplyDeleteA few weeks ago I mentioned it to Sharon mostly because I was worried I might not have told her how much that phone call had meant to me and she laughed. Then she said what a great Sherpa Alex would make. She held the phone away and called out, Alex, when Alicia and I go to Nepal would you come along and be our Sherpa? Of course he said he would.
How I’ll miss you, Sharon. You were one in a million.
Although she was a colleague, I also considered Sharon a good friend. In addition to our business related interactions and our occasional lunch dates, Sharon stopped by my office a few times a week to treat herself to chocolate that I always had in a bowl. Her diet was usually so healthy but chocolate was her one vice… She would always sit for while and we’d talk about our weekends, the weather, the plans she had with Alex (who seemed more like a new boyfriend than husband the way her face lit up at the mention of his name).
ReplyDeleteI especially remember her stopping by on election days, proudly sporting her “I voted” sticker and our conversations on those days were especially lively. I joined the ACLU today in Sharon's honor and will remember her every time I see my card.
I will miss you Sharon.
Mia
The smile! Sharon had such a wonderful smile!
ReplyDeleteAnd that's what I loved to see. On our wedding vows I promised her I'd do my darn best to have her give me that smile every time I came home. I am happy to say that I got to see that smile almost every day of our married life.
ReplyDeleteSharon, it's been a year since you passed away. We all think of you so much and miss you! I so much still appreciate your steadiness, your humor and your protectiveness toward your team here at CMG MI.
ReplyDeleteAnd every time I watch a new Jane Austen or Bronte movie or TV show I think of you and what you would say about it...