Sharon Kay England Weinberg, 79, passed away on August 16, 2020, in Dallas, TX, of peritoneal ovarian cancer with her beloved daughters at her side. She will be remembered as a dynamic, civic-minded, force of nature who was beloved by her community as well as a devoted wife and mother and loyal friend. During her life she taught elementary and pre-school, worked as a writer/photographer for a local newspaper, started her own business, and through every stage of her life was an active volunteer and avid traveler.

After her husband died at the young age of 59, Sharon began taking annual European trips with her daughters, Paige and Cari. One of her favorite views was looking out at Notre Dame Cathedral from the windows of a Parisian apartment she and the girls rented each spring for several years in a row. Each fall, she traveled to Europe with a group of longtime friends, exploring a new destination each time. 

She was born in Brenham, TX, on March 18, 1941, to Helen Guy Hudson England and Henry Crockett "Buddy" England, Jr. She lived in Corpus Christi, TX and then moved to Dallas, where she graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1959.

At the University of Texas in Austin, she studied Elementary Education and it was in Austin where she met her future husband, John Davis Weinberg, when he had booked a live band to play a weeknight party in his tiny apartment. She graduated in 1963 and on June 12, 1965, she and John were married at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas.

Sharon was a teacher in elementary schools in Dallas, Longview, and Plano, TX, until the arrival of a daughter, Paige, in 1968. In 1970, the young family moved to Sherman, TX. A second daughter, Cari John, was born in 1972. 

Several years later, Sharon was sitting around a kitchen table in Sherman with other young mothers, discussing a political issue they didn't support. They wondered who might do something, then decided they needed to be the ones to speak up and take action. This would set the course for a lifetime of community and political involvement. "If you see something that needs to be done, do it!" she would say.

During her time in Sherman, Sharon lobbied for family issues, managed political campaigns, and made countless speeches to service clubs. In 1978, Governor Dolph Briscoe appointed her to the Commission on the Status of Women where she served on the Committee on Volunteerism. She was a member of the Sherman Service League and volunteered at the Sherman Girls Club.

In 1981, the Weinbergs moved to Waco, TX. There, Sharon served as a Board Member and Docent for the East Terrace House, a historic house museum. She was also Co-Chair for Food for the city's Freedom Frolic Fourth of July Celebration.

In 1983, the family moved to Carrollton, TX. When Paige went off to college at Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, the hair bow was becoming a campus fashion trend. Sharon learned to make monogrammed hair bows, featuring the Greek letters of different sororities. She turned the kitchen counter into her workshop and launched Calico Collections. Within the year, her hair bows were sold in specialty stores in 21 states.

In 1987, the family moved to Frisco, TX, where Sharon quickly got involved in the community and worked as a reporter and photographer with the Frisco Enterprise newspaper. Preserving Frisco's history was dear to her heart. She was one of three founders of the Heritage Association of Frisco and she selected 400 of the photos used in the centennial edition of Frisco: The First Hundred Years. She also helped found Frisco Family Services, which provided assistance for families in need. She served on numerous boards including the Collin College District Foundation Board, which helps raise money for student scholarships, the Editorial Board of Frisco Style Magazine, and she was a founding board member of the Frisco Area Republican Women.

In 1996, she was named Frisco Citizen of the Year by the Frisco Chamber of Commerce an honor that she shared with her husband, John, who had been named Frisco Citizen of the Year in 1991. She was recognized as a "Woman Who Makes a Difference," by Harte Hanks newspapers in 1996 and 1998. She was also a nominee for the statewide Lone Star Achievement Award for a Lifetime of Volunteer Service.

Her husband, John Weinberg, had been active in the Frisco Chamber of Commerce, which named their golf tournament in his memory. For many years, Sharon served on the chamber's annual John Weinberg Golf Tournament Committee.

She was a member of the Frisco Rotary Club and Highland Park Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her adored daughters Paige Weinberg Lane (David Lane), and Cari John Weinberg (Mark Roberts), her brother, Hardy England (Elizabeth England), her aunt Milly Ann England Schaer, brother-in-law Joe Weinberg (Gayle), sister-in-law Mary Nell Weinberg Fried (Jack), brother-in-law George Weinberg (Pam) and nine nephews. She is also survived by David Lane’s daughters (Jordan Lane Pounds and her husband, Trevor, and children Avery and Ryan, and Taylor Lane), who held a special place in her heart.

She is preceded in death by her husband, John Davis Weinberg, and her parents Helen Hudson England and Henry Crockett England, Jr.

Memorials may be sent to the Frisco Education Foundation for the John and Sharon Weinberg Inspirational Scholarship.

Services are private.