Sheryl Coger

Sheryl and her mother Rose were always a delight to chat with while they shopped at Knapp Corner Meijer. We became friends sharing photos of my girls who were away at collage. RIP Sheryl....I will miss you.

- Paula Kersjes

Sheryl was one of the best neighbors you could ever ask for! I remember moving in and she and Mike were the first ones to come over and introduce themselves and even brought us a welcome gift. I won’t forget that. More importantly, I think she loved our dogs almost as much as we do! Our oldest dog, Teddy would literally sit on the deck just hoping she would be out in her garden and she would stop what she was doing to come and greet him and Ollie and give them treats and pets. I will cherish the fond memories I have of looking out the window and seeing her on the other side of the fence down at their level talking to them. I’ll also miss our conversations over the fence. Sheryl will be greatly missed!

- Todd, Kristin, Kayleigh and Brianna Caudill

There are many memories and moments that I can think of when it comes to Sheryl, but there is one defining one that stands out to me. Over the last 17 years that I have known Sheryl since I started dating Meredith and eventually became part of their family, she and Mike were not "kid people". They never had children of their own, but they always treated Stacia, Janelle, Meredith, and eventually David and myself as their "kids". That is how they referred to us when talking to their friends about us, like, we are going to a brewery with the "kids", or we are going to visit the "kids". There has been no better example of this than after they found out that we were going to have Reid. Sheryl had always been crafty with making jewelry and creating her garden, but after we told them that their "kids" were having a kid of their own, she took her crafty-ness to a new level. Without us knowing, she learned how to quilt to make Reid the most incredible blanket. The amount of time and effort this project took shows how much she loved her family. There is no amount of words I could use to express how much that meant to us and how perfect of a gift that was for Reid. During the time Sheryl gave this wonderful quilt to us we found ourselves in a tight spot because Meredith had to return to work, I didn't have any time off, and we had to cover a week gap before Reid started daycare. Neither of our parents were able to come out to watch Reid during that time but Sheryl and Mike stepped in to help us. They drove the 700 miles to Virginia to help us. They arrived a few days before Reid would be without Meredith or myself around and had a crash course on feeding, diaper changes and everything else a newborn required. During the week it was amazing to get home from work and see Sheryl holding Reid while he played with his crinkle book or just taking a nap. There were many days when I got home and Reid was sleeping in Sheryl's arms and she didn't want to get up or move because she didn't want to wake him up. Seeing someone who was not a "kid" person completely change into someone that would do anything to help our kid showed the type of person Sheryl was. She would do anything for the people she loved without hesitation and there is no way that words can express what she meant to everyone who was in her life. Life will never be the same without her, but I know she will never be forgotten, and we will make sure Reid knows how much his first babysitter loved him.

- Kirk, Meredith and Reid Manchip