Sharon Potthier

Sharon May (Andrews) Potthier, age 80, of Belle Plaine, formerly of Superior,Wisconsin, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2026 surrounded by family at The Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine, MN. A Celebration of Life for Sharon will be Saturday, September 26, 2026, at Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine from 1-3:30 p.m. with a service officiated by Pastor Christopher Mark beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Sharon was born on January 29, 1946, in Superior, Wisconsin to Frank and Hazel (Johnson) Andrews. She grew up in Superior with four siblings and lived there until young adulthood. She met Mike Potthier in Hawthorne, WI and they were married on June 5, 1976, in the living room of Mike’s family’s home. They lived in Hawthorne, WI, and Virginia, MN before finding their forever home and raising their two daughters in Belle Plaine in 1989. Sharon worked as a cook at Jordan Elementary, and as a bartender at Neil’s Pub but spent most of her career as a cook at the Scott County Jail Annex. She was well known there as she treated everyone with respect and humanity.

Sharon was a proud member of the VFW Auxiliary, supporting Mike’s, and her daughter Colette’s, military service. Sharon loved to garden, grow flowers, play Mah Jong, do word searches, and cheer on the Green Bay Packers. Sharon was especially proud of her daughters and grandchildren and was a very involved grandma. Sharon was well loved by anyone who came to know her.

Sharon is survived by her significant other, Mike Potthier; daughters, Colette (Sean) Murphy, and Colleen Flynn; grandchildren, Tiffini Blume, Abigail, Nathan, and Domonic Flynn, and Madeline and Autumn Murphy; sister-in-law, Connie Andrews; nephew, Vernon Andrews; and family friend, Karen Sandmon.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Hazel Andrews; siblings, Shirley Boyer, William “Bill” Andrews, Suzie Ziesmer, and Sunday Andrews; and family friend, Tom Sandmon. The family would like to thank the Belle Plaine Lutheran Home for their support and care of Sharon.