EUGENE SHARF

Eugene Barton Sharf, born July 18, 1920, died on March 11, 2021. Gene was a lifelong Philadelphian who graduated from West Philadelphia High and received a Pharmacy degree from Temple University. He served as a combat medic sergeant in the U.S. Army during WWII, receiving the Bronze Star. Over the next fifty years, he worked as a pharmacist including ownership of Sharf's Pharmacy in West Philadelphia and at the heroin addiction clinic at the VA Hospital, where he received a personal commendation from President George H.W. Bush. In his retirement years, he did several varied presentations for the Retired Educators and Professional group, and became a prolific artist of stained glass works. He is preceded in death by his first wife Sylvia Troppauer Sharf and his youngest brother Arthur Sharf. He is survived by and will be sorely missed by his devoted wife of 53 years Hilda Nitzky Sharf; his younger brother Irving Sharf; his daughters, Barbara and Andrea (Joseph Gomez); his grandchildren, Sasha Gomez and Joel Gomez; and his great-grandson, Oliver Stapleton.