Sharyce Dietz

SHARYCE DIETZ Memorial services will be held for longtime Mancos resident Sharyce Dietz at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 30 at 501 N. Willow in Mancos, the residence of Mike and Haleigh Morelli. Sharyce has left behind many friends and family so to celebrate her life everyone is invited to attend. There will be plenty of music, food, flowers, laughter and tears. Sharyce was born on September 2, 1937 in San Fernando Valley, Calif., the daughter of Antonio and Mary Helen (Carr) Patella. She left us peacefully in the early morning of Saturday, September 23, 2006 at the home of her granddaughter in Mancos at the age of 69. Sharyce was the proud owner of the Sleeping Cat Floral in Mancos. She was a talented woman who shared much happiness with those in the surrounding area with her beautiful flowers. Surviving Sharyce are her children, Denise M. Milliken and husband, Jim of Mancos, Keith Tanenbaum and wife, Sherri of Santa Clarita, Calif., Kelli Yeomans and husband, Ron of Mancos, and Sue Bailey and husband, Jason, also of Mancos. She also leaves behind seven grandchildren, Haleigh Morelli and husband, Mike, Kaelan Yeomans and husband, Walter Everett, Kyle Yeomans, Jeremy Bailey, Vanessa Elledge, Jason Elledge, and Dustin Tanenbaum; and 10 great-grandchildren, Daria, Dylaina, Hope, and Breccen Morelli, Ty, Cash, and Clay Everett, Logan Mills, Donovan Elledge, and Jacob Martinez. Sharyce was preceded in death by her parents; and her grandson, Michael Elledge.