The daughter of the late James Dean Potter, Sr. and Myrtle Woneda Hurst Potter, Sharon was born on March 19, 1940 in Cushing, where she was also reared and educated, graduating from Cushing High School in 1957.
Sharon lived in Cushing until 1960 and then moved to Tulsa, where she worked as a beautician for several salons.
She was a member of the Nazarene Church and she enjoyed her cats.
Survivors include her brother, James Dean Potter, Jr. of Cushing; one nephew, Steve Potter and his wife Kari and their son Alex, of Stillwater; and other family and friends.