SHEILA GAYLE (YOUNG) CHAURET - CLASS OF '69

 

OBITUARY

Sheila Gaye Chauret

JUNE 14, 1951 – MARCH 26, 2022

Sheila Gaye Chauret, age 70, passed away on 26 March 2022 in St. Augustine, Florida. Born into the military family of Jay Gould Young and Bettye Jo Coleman on 14 June 1951, Sheila spent her childhood through high school living throughout the world. Her most memorable memory is their travels throughout Europe, including crossing through Check Point Charley into East Germany. Sheila met Keith N. Chauret, her husband of 50 years, in high school. Little did she know she would become the wife of an Air Force pilot and spend the next 27 years moving from place to place never staying anywhere for more than 5 years.

She worked in numerous department stores eventually retiring as a manager for May Company after 20 years of service. Work was not her passion. She had three passions. First was her sewing. She could sew, knit, and crochet anything: baby booties, blankets, children’s clothes, hats, her clothes and so on. In her later years, she devoted her time making Angel Gowns from donated wedding dresses. Some three hundred of them are being worn by babies and children in heaven and I am sure Sheila has met every one of them by now. Sheila’s second passion was her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved every moment she spent with them and they likewise loved her. They still talk about their grand mom riding every ride at Schlitterbahn Water Park. Her final passion was the seas and islands. Over thirty vacations in the Caribbean and a few to Hawaii, and cruises thrown in for good measure. Oh, cannot forget the trips to the beaches of Texas, California, North and South Carolina, and Florida.

Sheila is survived by her husband, Keith N. Chauret, her children, Keith Chauret and Kristin Chauret, six grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and her two sister’s Kay Knezevich and Karla Nelson.

Sheila did not desire a memorial service. Because of her love for the seas and islands, her ashes have been spread off the southern coast of Florida.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.nationalcremation.com/locations/jacksonville for the Chauret family.

NOTE FROM KEITH:

My beautiful wife, Sheila (Young) Chauret, class of 69 (Randolph High School), passed away on 26 March 2022, the day after our 50th anniversary, from respiratory failure, vocal cord paralysis, and heart complications brought on by her arthritis which took a toll on her cervical spinal cord.  We were together 53 glorious years. She left behind two children, six grand children, two great grand children and life time memories that fill my heart with love, joy, laughter, and tears. 

Her obituary can be found on: obituaries.nationalcremation.com. 

I can be reached at chauret.keith@yahoo.com or 

Keith Chauret

185 Wingstone Dr

Ponte Vedra, Fl 32081

We were 19