Obituary of Danny Duane Sharp

Danny Duane Sharp was born on January 14, 1951, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He passed away at a hospital following a tragic house fire on Christmas Eve, 2014. He is preceded in death by his parents Don and Noreen (Hedy) Sharp. He grew up and went to school in Owasso. Early in his life, he lived in Collinsville, where he met and married Rebecca Barnes and they had two daughters together, Jan Sharp-Williams and Alicia Sharp. During that time, he owned and operated a dump truck/hauling service company. They divorced in the early 1980s, and he moved to Oologah in the late ‘80s. His vocation then became heating and air conditioning repair, working for Garrett Heat & Air before starting D&D Air Conditioning in the mid ‘90s. He lived at his current home in Oologah for over twenty years, mostly spent with his long-time girlfriend Tena Anderson, who he cared for in recent years as she became visually impaired. Together, they have one daughter, Shelly Sharp of Oologah, OK. He is survived by three younger siblings: his sister Vicki Roberts, who lived just down the road; his sister Denise Henrie of Owasso; and brother Donny Sharp of Collinsville. He was a loving father to his three daughters and a grandfather to two children: Rachele and Ryan Williams of Afton, OK. Danny was well read and loved to camp, fish, and hunt, and took to gardening in more recent years. He will be remembered for his keen wit and relentless joking that had everybody laughing time and again, but mostly his legacy is of an unselfish man who chose not to impress others with what he could accumulate. A friend of the downtrodden, he regularly offered his time and talents to folks he hardly knew, who had little or nothing to pay for what would have been devastating repair bills if not for him. Danny made few enemies, as he made it a practice to treat people with a measure of respect that’s not common today. In turn, he earned profound respect from all who knew him.