Sheryl Lynn Calvert

Sheryl Lynn Edgar Calvert, age 74, resident of Boulder City, Nevada, passed away on October 23, 2017, in Henderson, Nevada. She was born on June 2, 1943, in Mauston, Juneau County, Wisconsin, to Bernardine Allen and Jordon Thomas Edgar. She married Walter Clarence Calvert on February 18, 1967, in Mauston, Wisconsin. Sheryl graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BS in elementary education while minoring in music, political science, and psychology. She earned a MS in education psychology and counseling from the University of Wisconsin. She was an educator in Janesville, WI, and a teacher and elementary and junior high principal in Shullsburg, WI before moving to Las Vegas in 1985. She continued teaching in the fourth and fifth grades with a final move to gifted and talented education which was her very favorite. She retired in 2013 due to health problems. Her one dream was to serve a mission when retired due to joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints after she was married. Genealogy is now her mission from home and with others in the Church assisting. Sheryl is survived by her son, Allen (Alycia) Calvert; four grandchildren, Emma, Ethnie, Afton, and Ezra Calvert; three sisters, Linda (James) Nagy, of Falls Church, VA, Christy Gerwing, of CO, and Marcy Boldon, of Mauston, WI; and three brothers, Don (Linda) Erbs, of Tomah, WI, Ray (Sue) Erbs, of Sun Prairie, WI, and Larry (Lucinda) Erbs, of Reedsburg, WI. Sheryl was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Calvert; and her parents Eldron and Bernardine Erbs. Funeral Services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at the Platteville Branch of the LDS Church, 630 Ridge Avenue, Platteville, WI. Friends may call from noon until the time of the service. Burial will be in the United Methodist Church Cemetery in Benton. Casey Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Benton is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Heart Association. An account has been set up in her name at http://hon or.americanheart.org/site/TR/Events/General?pxfid=288008&fr_id=1030&pg=fund