Sharon D. LaBarge Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Negani-Binesikwe, Leading Thunderbird Woman, Sharon Poupart Thompson LaBarge was born on January 9, 1944, and passed in her home surrounded by her loved ones on June 9, 2022, after a prolonged battle with cancer. Sharon was born in the Old Indian Village in Lac du Flambeau to Benjamin Poupart and Josephine Cobe Poupart. She was the sixth child of seven siblings: Juanita (Cross) Blackwell (Deceased), Benjamin Poupart (Deceased), Maxine Batiste, Eugene Poupart (Deceased), Florence Poupart Cree (Thomas, Deceased), Suzanne Poupart Ree (Palmer), and Georgia Poupart (Deceased). Sharon shared five children with her first husband Charles Thompson (Deceased): Sharon Anita (Bigjohn) Thompson, Juanita Thompson, Charles Palmer Thompson (Deceased), George Kelly Thompson, and William Henry Thompson. Also special loved son Cody Bigjohn, Sr. She also shared two step-children with her second husband James LaBarge: James (Kathy) LaBarge, William LaBarge (deceased). Sharon is further survived by grandchildren and great grandchildren: Jeremy Bigjohn, Sandra King, and Baby Sharon Bigjohn, Charlie, Justina and Baby Nathan Bigjohn. Keanna Thompson and baby Calvin Two Crow. Edmond Broeffle, Mikey Kelley and Baby Aaliyah and Angela Kelley, Ricki Thompson, Suzanne LaBarge, Dacian Kelley, Krystal Kelley, Agnes Nelis and Elizabeth Poupart, and Shawny (Nelis) Young. Sharon also has hundreds of cousins, nieces and nephews: Poupart, Thompson, Williams, Doud, Batiste, Burgess, Cobe, Cree, Ree, Blackwell, St. Germaine, Johnson, Allen, and many more in Lac du Flambeau and across the country. She will be greatly missed. Sharon will be remembered as a kind, considerate, wise, and compassionate mother and caregiver for many. She grew up in the peaceful and traditional ways of the Old Indian Village with never a cross word. Sharon is also widely known for her homemaker skills particularly with wild game and fish. Sharon was also known for her piano playing abilities, playing by ear. She was an avid reader, reading daily newspapers cover to cover, doing the puzzles as well as many magazine subscriptions. She also loved to sew and make quilts. Sharon was always up for a game of Scrabble, Cribbage or cards. Often times card tournaments were held and whoever was lucky enough to be her partner would always win. She loved to tell jokes and stories about people who were long passed, and brought our ancestors to life through her memories. Like many others in her generation her early life was filled with hardship, yet also with cherished memories. She survived to bring her children and grandchildren into this world, and in the end that is what kept her alive and fighting for life She fought hard until the very end. Sharon is truly loved, admired, and respected by many. She will be greatly missed. We take solace that she is with her son Sonny, our dad Charlie, her husband Junior, her mother and father and all of our relatives. Gigawaabamiin miinawa, until we meet again. Chimiigwech to all that came to pay their respects and to assist the family.

Sharon D. LaBarge

January 9, 1944 - June 9, 2022