Sharon K. Watkins, 74, died at the Wheatlands Health Care Center, Kingman, Kansas, on the 14th day of February 2026. She was born on April 28, 1951 to Edwin L. and Wilma L. Tryon of Wellington, Kansas. She graduated from Wellington High School, and Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education. She married Curtis E. Watkins on August 12, 1972. Upon graduation from college, she taught 3rd grade at the Dover, Kansas, Elementary School while her husband attended law school in Topeka. After moving to Kingman, she helped establish, and taught preschool at the United Methodist Church, where she was also very active in church activities. She was then hired as a tutor teacher, and later as a Title 1 teacher, at the Kingman Elementary School. She subsequently retired after teaching for 20 years. She touched the lives of many people, and students, with her infectious smile and gentle, kind, and caring spirit. She treated each student as if they were her own.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and is survived by her husband, two sons, Jeffrey and Andrew, and their families. Jeff and Beth, of Assaria, Kansas, have three sons: Evan, Joshua and Samuel; Andy and Jayme, of Derby, Kansas, have four children: Aubrianne, Blayke, Easton and Harrison. To say she loved her 7 grand kids would be a gross understatement. They could do no wrong.

Growing up, she was raised as a farmer’s daughter, and loved to tag along with Ed as he checked his crops and livestock. Sharon was an avid reader as she always had a book checked out and in hand. Her close friends meant a great deal to her and she treated them like the sisters and siblings she never had. Her love for her family was unwavering; there was never a time that she didn’t have a game board out, and brownies cooked and ready for their visits. One couldn’t ask for a more loving mother, wife and grandmother. She will be missed dearly.

Donations are requested for the Wheatlands Health Care Center, Kingman, Kansas, which provided so much loving care in the final chapter of her life. Services will be held at the Methodist Church in Kingman, Kansas, on the 18th day of February, 2026 at 10 a.m.