BONARE, Sharon

BONARE Mrs. Sharon Patricia Bonare – although she preferred Shari – tragically passed away August 12th 2025, close to home in Raymond, Alberta, while holding her husband’s hand and surrounded by her three children.
Born on July 1st, 1966 in Calgary, Alberta, Shari eventually moved with her parents to Vancouver Island, where she would grow up and graduate from Stelley’s Secondary School in Saanichton, BC. Through mutual friends, Shari eventually met her husband of 36 years, John Alexander Bonare, and together they raised three grateful children, Brittany Lynn Bonare, Tiana Ashley Bonare, and Jonathan Riley Bonare. Shari is survived by the family she built as a wife and mother, but she is also a dearly beloved daughter, sister, and aunt, as well as a whole family of in-laws who loved her. Her mother, Isabelle Barbara Yoxall (Schultz) and her now deceased father, Kenneth James Yoxall, as well as her siblings, Jim Yoxall, Kathy Yoxall, and William Yoxall, were never more than a phone call away despite everyone living so far apart over the years, all of whom will forever be missing hearing from her with updates about family, kids and life.
Shari began married life as a homemaker and mother, but would eventually go back to working full time while managing to balance and organize all of the chaos in our lives, no matter how busy she was. She was always the planner, the organizer, the one who took pictures and who made a constant effort to help us all make memories together that we cherish today.
As a mother, Shari had to learn how to advocate and fight for her kids early on when her first born was diagnosed with leukaemia. She would do research as much as she could as a layman in any medical issue relevant to the long term health and happiness of her kids, and she always did everything she could to ensure everyone had whatever they needed to be healthy and happy. She also had great sense of humor, insisting that she was “the funny one” of the family, which would make Dad roll his eyes every time.
At work, Shari was always quick to rise within the ranks and earn special attention and awards due to her exemplary customer service, managerial, and team leadership skills which stood out and made her a success, no matter what role she was filling. She was also an amazing chef and was very creative, enjoying simple arts and crafts, as well as having an amazing talent for interior design. Shari was also a very compassionate woman, and if she felt she could make a difference she would always do what she could to help, whether that was at work, in her own life, or in response to the 9/11 tragedy, where she spent hours at home with a glue gun making American flag coloured ribbon pins, which she sold for donations at work for a charity helping victims of 9/11.
One thing we will miss is how she always went all out when it came to decorating during the holidays, even after all 3 kids were grown, we could always come home to good food and a beautiful tree for Christmas with the whole family, including the dogs she adored so much. Shari was a passionate animal lover, and she had just recently adopted a rescue dog to fill the void left by her two favourite senior dogs, which turned out to be such a blessing and one last gift to our family. Being able to see this little dog that she adored getting to play and live happily with her husband is a joyful reminder of her compassion and kindness, and has brought so much unexpected comfort to our family since she passed, which we know would make her happy.
It brings us a lot of comfort to imagine her being greeted by her dogs at the edge of eternity or whatever comes next, and that she won’t be alone while she waits for us, because we know we will all see each other again one day.
We love you.
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