Obituary: Sharon "Pooky" Kim Blakeman Schoeller, 46, of Middlebury

Sharon "Pooky" Kim Blakeman Schoeller, 46, of Middlebury, beloved wife of George A Schoeller, Sr., died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at Waterbury Hospital.

She was born in Derby on August 22, 1965, daughter of the late Phillip, Jr. and Dorothy Smith Blakeman. She was a nurse's aide at the Home Healthcare Associates of Southbury for many years.

Schoeller previously worked at Schreiber's Farm of Oxford. She was a graduate of Nonnewaug High School of Woodbury. She enjoyed crafting, scrapbooking, Johnny Cash and UConn men and women's basketball. She also loved knee-boarding, being outside and bow hunting with her son George.

Schoeller will be sadly missed by and her family and many friends. Her loving family, in addition to her husband George, includes her son, George A. Schoeller, Jr. of Middlebury; her daughter, Ashley Ann Schoeller of Middlebury; her four brothers, David Blakeman and his wife Sue of Ansonia; Richard Blakeman of Seymour; Donald Blakeman and his wife Debbie of Southbury and Brian Blakeman of North Carolina; her six sisters, Claire Beamer of Ansonia; Barbara Hyman and her husband Richard of Oxford; Susan Brooks and her husband Austin of Oxford; Carol Cyr and her husband Timothy of North Carolina; Jill Crisp and her husband Bruce of Southbury; Sandra Boudreau and her husband Gerald of Southington; and Karen Blakeman of Waterbury; her dog Pepper and her cat Ozzy.

Schoeller was predeceased by her brother, Phillip Blakeman III.

Visitation: Friends and relatives may call at Miller-Ward Funeral Home, 260 Bank St., Route 67, across from Klarides Village, Seymour., from 10 a.m. until the start of the service at 11 a.m.

Memorial Service in Celebration of Schoeller's Life: 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Chapel of the Miller-Ward Funeral Home.

Father John Donnelly, Rector of Christ Church Quaker Farms will officiate.

Interment: Private and at the convenience of the family.

Memorial Contributions: In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Farm Aid, 501 Cambridge Street, Third Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141.