Sheryn Lenore Hamm

Sheryn Lenore Hamm (nee Horejsh) - Matriarch of our family, 74-year's old, passed away on Saturday morning, January 18th, surrounded by her eldest daughter Lynn and niece Melissa Lecy. Preceded in death by her son, John Hamm, just a little over one year ago, her great-granddaughter, Carly, and her parents, Evelyn Ekwall and Emil Horejsh. I hope that they are all playing in the sunshine and joyfully reuniting. You know when you are in an airplane and very high in the sky, just above the clouds - it's always sunny closest to heaven. Her lungs are healthy and she's hugging her son and rocking her great-granddaughter. She is survived by her husband Ron, daughters and grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Lynn Diskerud (granddaughter Jenna Urizar and husband Abel, great grandchildren AJ and Vanessa Romero, and grandson Tyler Ness); Teresa Hamm and son-in-law Jay Varone (granddaughter Melissa Lecy, grandson Kyle Lecy and his wife Christine and great grandchildren Declan and Luna, granddaughter Kristina Johnson and great grandchildren Jace and Silas); and John's family (granddaughter Kati Johnson and her husband Dylan and great grandchildren Macoy and Dylan Jr., and grandson Tommy Hamm). She is also survived by her siblings Ronald Belland (Roswitha), Shirley (Don) Grochow, and Robert (Mary) Horejsh, and their respective families. A special thank you to grandson Tommy for helping Gramma and Grampa with all that you have done for them. Gramma so appreciated your love and presence at home and doing sweet things like bringing her tacos and her favorite KFC coleslaw out of the blue. You made her happy just being there. It's difficult to put her life to an obituary announcing her death. But I shall try. Mom was a best friend to her family and a confidant and beloved ally. She was always encouraging and very rarely had a bad thing to say about anybody. She was honest and well respected by everyone that she came in contact with. She especially loved to talk to anyone who would listen about her bloodhounds. She adored her dogs and shared what she learned with others who were also interested. When she was healthy and able to, she enjoyed gardening - our yard always had so many beautiful flower beds and plants blooming in all colors. She later liked to play the Spider solitaire game for hours and read her ebooks from her tablet, as well as participate in meaningful viewpoints when it was something really important to her on Facebook and keeping in touch with her bloodhound friends and groups. She enjoyed watching the birds gather outside her window on the various bird feeders. We had many a wonderful Christmas Eve at my parents while the grandkids grew older. Mom would always make sloppy joes and all the fixings. Everyone loved them. Oftentimes my parent's anniversary fell on Thanksgiving, as it did this last time for their 57th anniversary. Mom worked hard as a homemaker for our little family. I believe we kept her pretty busy (3 kids in four years). Us kids always came first though. Being a Mommy in the 60s was harder than it is now. She took care of our owies, washed our clothes - sometimes walking with us as toddlers carrying a laundry basket down the street to the laundromat. To date, she never had a dishwasher. Didn't want one. She was a darn good cook too - we always had family dinners oftentimes with a special dessert she made for us. She was good with animals and loved her cats and Bloodhounds. She leaves a void that no one will ever fill on this earth, but will forever remain in our hearts along with all of the wonderful memories that we have of time spent with her. We all love you so much and wished that you didn't have to leave us so soon. You're just preparing things for us when we arrive to see you once again. Until then, goodbye my dearest Mommy. I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my Mommy you'll be. A private memorial will be held by the immediate family at a later date.