Sharyn Kay Fetrow December 28, 1946 - July 2, 2018

Sharyn Kay Fetrow passed away Monday morning in her house at Black Butte Ranch after a six-month battle with brain cancer.

Sharyn was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Rainer, Oregon, with her family in 1948. She graduated valedictorian from Rainer High School in 1965. She went to Oregon State University and graduated third in her pharmacy class in 1970. She worked in hospital pharmacy at Salem Hospital until retirement in 1991.

After retirement Sharyn became the energizer bunny for everyone she became associated with.

From rafting the Colorado River, riding Cycle Oregon along with rides in Washington and Idaho, riding bikes in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, and Austria finishing with the ultimate ride in 2006 from Los Angeles, CA to Boston, MA. After a pause with cancer at age 59, she decided to start doing running races throughout the United States.

She completed marathons, half marathons, and many other distances.

She qualified for the Boston Marathon but decided that traveling to Israel was more important.

She also loved downhill skiing at Mt. Bachelor, cross-country skiing in Central Oregon, and hiking with her friends.

She loved to travel and went on trips somewhere in the world every year. She loved meeting local people and discovering their culture and history. She will be missed but never forgotten by all who knew her.

A private family memorial will be held in the future at the Head of the Metolius River. She will be cremated and her ashes will be sprinkled in the headwaters where those of her youngest daughter were previously sprinkled.

Sharyn was preceded in death by her parents Robert and Anne Bullis, and her daughter Jennifer Lynn Fetrow.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Russell Fetrow; her daughter Christine Pothering; her grandson Ethan Pothering; granddaughters Hayley and Sophie Pothering; and her brother Bob Bullis.