Sharon Schulte

Sharon Schulte age 85 of St. Helena, Nebraska died on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton, SD.

Mass of Christian Burial will be on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Family (Immaculate Conception) Catholic Church in St. Helena with the Rev. Craig Loecker officiating.. Burial will be at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in rural St. Helena. Visitation will be on Tuesday, at church, from 5-7:00 p.m. with a Vigil Service at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will continue on Wednesday one hour prior to services. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington.

Pallbearers will be Gordon Schulte, Calvin Schulte, Robert Schulte, Jason Schulte, Morey Schulte, Grace Zimmerman, and Gary Zimmerman. Honorary pallbearers will be all of Sharon’s grandchildren.

Sharon W. was born on February 21, 1940 in Fordyce, Nebraska to Hubert and Mary Theresa (Hegge) Schrempp. She grew up in the Fordyce area and attended elementary school there. Sharon graduated from Holy Trinity High School in Hartington in 1958. She worked at M-Tron in Yankton, SD from 1958-1960 prior to her marriage to Donald C. Schulte on August 8, 1960 in Fordyce. Sharon and Donald lived most of their lives in St. Helena where they raised six children – Gordon, Calvin, Robert, Jason, Morey, and Grace. Donald died on 8/20/2006 at the age of 79 years. Sharon has lived at Sister James Care Center in Yankton since December 8, 2017.

Sharon was a member of Immaculate Conception Church in St. Helena and was a member of the Ladies Altar Society, Christian Mothers, and the CCW. Sharon was also part of the prayer chain of the church. Sharon’s devotion to her church really came through when she volunteered to redo all of the church pews, which meant stripping them, staining and varnishing them to look like new. She would work on two pews per week. She then redid the pews at Sacred Heart church in Wynot until her health started failing. It was a labor of love. Sharon enjoyed crocheting, doing needle point, sewing, gardening, canning and raising lots of flowers to surround herself with natural beauty.

Sharon is survived by her six children and their spouses, Gordon (Cheryl) Schulte of St. Helena, Calvin (Deanna) of Wynot, Robert (Elaine) Schulte of Yankton, SD, Jason (Kristin) Schulte of Yankton, Morey (Carrie) Schulte of Yankton, Grace (Gary) Zimmerman of Tabor, SD; 13 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; a brother Sidney Schrempp of Fordyce; a sister Shirley Kaiser of St. Helena; two sisters-in-law Marie Schrempp of Yankton, SD, Louise Neuhalfen of St. Helena; best friend Marie Kramer of Omaha; many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents Hubert and Mary Schrempp; husband Donald, sister Sandy (Merle) Loecker, a brother Stanley Schrempp; and brother-in-law Benny Kaiser.