Mar 4, 2021
FREDONIA — Sharon Elizabeth (McIntyre) Morrison, age 78, of Fre-donia, N.Y., passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo.
Sharon was a life-long resident of Chautauqua County. She was born in Jamestown, N.Y., and gra-duated from Dunkirk High School. In 1964, she and her husband, Larry, pur-chased their first and for-ever home in Fredonia, where her husband contin-ues to reside today.
Sharon became an Amer-ican Red Cross lifeguard at the age of 15 and attended Aquatic School to become a Water Safety Instructor.
When her family was young, Sharon worked in the grapes alongside her husband and as a substitute teacher, while continuing to lifeguard and teach learn-to-swim lessons. Later, she transitioned to working in aquatics full-time, including, teach-ing adapted aquatics, coaching a special Olym-pics swim team, leading adult Acquacize classes, and as a NYSPHSAA swimming official.