Sharon Kay Bishop

Sharon Kay Bishop, 82, loving mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, died Monday, October 6, 2025.

Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 pm; Rosary will follow at 7:00 pm, Thursday, October 9, 2025, at Downing & Lahey East Mortuary. Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 am, Friday, October 10, 2025, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.

Sharon was a member of Delta Ro, Delta Gamma, Agatharians, and Hillcrest Vespers. She enjoyed playing bridge and bunco and spent time as a “favorite” substitute teacher in the Catholic schools. A dedicated volunteer and active parishioner, she was deeply involved with both Blessed Sacrament and St. Thomas Catholic Churches. Sharon was also an avid sports fan, cheering enthusiastically for Notre Dame, WSU, Kapaun, Baylor, and K-State.

Preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Mary Frances Compton Carney; birth mother, Ruthelma Carney; brothers, Jerry, Frank, and Joe Carney; sister, Patricia Hansen.

Survived by her children, Timothy (Moira) Bishop, Jr., Todd Bishop, Tricia (Graham) Armstrong, Ted (Alison); grandchildren, Riley Magee, Dalton Melfi, Shelby Bishop, Corey Bishop, Jack McKinney, Kier Bishop, Evyn Bishop, Cael Armstrong, Averi Armstrong, Cooper Bishop, Rex Bishop; sisters, Mary Ann Skolaut, Sally Jonas, both of Wichita, Eileen Nevers of Longmont, CO, Colleen Reals of Wichita; brothers, Daniel Carney of Wichita, Peter Dennis Carney of Ft. Worth, TX, Michael “Mike” J. Carney of Overland Park, KS.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established with Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School, 8506 E. Central Ave., Wichita, KS 67206; Dear Neighbor Ministries, 1329 S. Bluffview, Wichita, KS 67218.