Sharon ‘Sherry’ Jo Rosenberg, 62; St. Matthew’s Parishioner, Traveler

Sharon Jo Rosenberg, known to many as Sherry Jo, a 27-year resident of Brentwood and Pacific Palisades, passed away on July 24 from complications of cancer. She was 62. She was a devoted member of the Parish of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in the Palisades, where she served in many capacities, including membership on the Vestry, Parish School activities, outreach programs, and service programs to its senior members. She was a Cub Scout den mother, a team manager for Westside Wolverines football teams, and a supporter of AYSO teams, Palisades Recreation Center teams, Campbell Hall volleyball teams and others on which her beloved son Jon played. Sherry was born in 1943 to Dorothy Jane and George Yount, the latter a naval officer. She graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 1966 and resided thereafter in Southern California. She was known and revered by one and all for her wit, humor, warmth, big heart, friendship to all who were blessed to be near and dear to her, for her holiday parties and decorations, and for her willingness to hear and help all who came into her world. Sherry loved discovering new places and vacationing with her family and friends, and led them on land and sea into fun times on ski slopes in Oregon, California, Nevada, and Cortina, to Hawaii year after year, on ships cruising the seas, on trips to Europe and the Far East, on double-decker buses around Los Angeles to see the neon signs, and on the rails of the L.A. Metro to view station art. She is survived by her parents, who live in Palm Desert; her husband, Jack Rosenberg; her son, Jon Ballentine; her brother, George R. Yount, a retired naval admiral in New Orleans; and sisters Jane O’Hara and Judy Sonnett, both of Columbus, Ohio. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on August 12 at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made payable to St. Matthew’s Parish School, P.O. Box 1710, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, annotated: Sharon Jo Rosenberg Scholarship Fund.