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Date Created: 09/16/2012
Last Updated: 09/25/2012

In loving memory of Sharon Satterfield
7/15/1944 - 9/15/2012

Location: Belfast, Maine

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This memorial was created in honor of Sharon Satterfield of Belfast, Maine. Sharon was born July 15, 1944 and passed away on September 15, 2012 in Charleston, WV. Sharon was loved by many and will be dearly missed by all friends and family. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, September 18 at 1:00pm at Barlow Bonsall funeral home in Charleston, WV. Additional memorial services will take place in Belfast, ME and Pine Ridge, SD.

She was the daughter of Grover and Bonnie Burgan. Sharon is survived by three children: Elizabeth, Catherine and Ryan; her mother Bonnie; her brother Douglas and two sisters Suzanne, and Linda; her grandchildren John Jr. and Matthew; and her partner Dick Cartelli; and her former husbands, John Satterfield and Charles McCarthy.

Sharon was a well-respected psychiatrist, most recently at Pen Bay Psychiatric / Mid Coast Mental Health in Belfast, ME. In the past, she worked at Vermont State Hospital, Monadnock Family Services in Keene, NH and as the Medical Director at Silver Spring Halfway House.

She recently celebrated her 50th high school reunion at South Charleston High School. She graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and completed her medical degree at University of Michigan Medical School in 1970.

She was extremely proud of her work serving the transgender community in Minneapolis at the Program of Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Sharon championed support and acceptance of transgendered people on programs such as the Phil Donahue show and 60 Minutes, as well as throughout her own community.

In lieu of flowers, Sharon's family asks that you send donations to the National Center for Transgender Equality (http://transequality.org/donate.html)or to the Lakota Fund, which benefits the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (http://www.lakotafunds.org/supportform.htm).

 
 
 
 

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From: PJ aletky Thursday, December 20, 2012
Sharon was in Baltimore and I was in chicago in the late 70's. I was trying to come home to mpls. Sharon came on board and was instrumental in bringing me to UM program in human sexuality. She got me, and I got her. then I took a job in DC, and after five yrs, wanted to come home again. She helped me network and get into the mpls practice I wanted to join. It would have never happened without her. We went to a child psychiatry meeting in new orleans and she introduced me to the guy I needed to meet. We traveled together, had fun together, laughed together. and when my dad died in '84, she was the only MN person who noticed and contacted me when I was in DC. I am so grateful our paths crossed. sending love is all I can do. so sorry. Dr Pat Aletky


From: Paula quinn Wednesday, September 19, 2012
I remember the first time I met Sharon. We were both new to Pen Bay psych and both new to Belfast. We were both single and starting new lives. She and I hit it off immediately. We became fast friends. She was so vivacious, smart and enthusiastic about her new start in Belfast Maine. We spent the first summer hanging out on my porch, her Bayside retreat or our hang out, Dos Amigos. One of the most memorable evenings we spent was Halloween 2011. She had gone across the bridge to the east side to a costume shop and got a costume that was killer. A pirate wench. She looked great and no one recognized her. We all had the best time that night and I think she felt like she was nineteen again. We spent many more nights just hanging out cooking, eating and drinking wine. Her house was always a haven to me. Whenever I was there, there was ALWAYS good food and good wine and usually good friends. She was always watching something good and girly on tv. The Bachelor,the good wife or on the weekends HGTV. My kind of TV. I know she had many friends and I feel blessed that she chose me to be one. She made me realize that it's ok to just be myself. Her house was always open to me and she made a safe place for me when at times there was no other. Even for my dog, who peed on her very nice, expensive rug, the first week she moved into the Belfast house. She was gracious and kind with a huge heart. I will miss her and her friendship


From: Danielle Joachim Monday, September 17, 2012
I occasionally helped Sharon at a facility where she boarded her horses. On one very hot and dry July evening, we were trying to finish working before darkness fell. She was mowing an extremely dry pasture on a blue and gray Ford tractor and I was hoeing the vegetable garden. We were both soaked with sweat. I stopped to drink some water and as I set the bottle of water back on the ground I looked at Sharon in the distance. I suppose it would be more accurate to say I looked in the general direction of where she should be because the only thing visible was a large black cloud drifting across the pasture. The amber light of the setting sun made the dark cloud glisten. When it was no longer possible to work in the pasture, Sharon drove the tractor over to where I was and let the vehicle roll to a stop. I looked up at her from my seated position, and she looked down at me, and, referring to our dirt-caked bodies, she said "We're beautiful." On another occasion we were planting vegetables on a recently-tilled section of land. Her husband was working very hard in the yard near us, and we were sitting in the soil of our new garden that once tilled, was like sugar. The radio was broadcasting the Minnesota Twins. There was a gentle breeze that day, and the sun gently warmed the soil. It was one of those beautiful Minnesota days when the air was cool, but the sun was warm. I was seated at the opposite end of the new garden and I looked up as a gentle breeze hit me to see Sharon sittin at the other end of the garden. Seated around her were her three cats, Brandy, Punkin, and Mulligan. Her dog Mandy was off chasing a raccoon in a pond. Sharon was happy.

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