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Community loses Barbara E. Sharp

By Staff | Sep 3, 2021

In lieu of flowers, donations in Barbara Sharp's name can be made to Lahaina Restoration Foundation via lahainarestoration.org.

On Aug. 11, 2021, Barbara E. Sharp passed away at age 89.

Sharp was born May 1, 1932 and adopted by George and Grace Eastes of Bellevue, WA. She married her former spouse, Jerrold L. Sharp, in 1952 and had three children.

Barbara grew up in Seattle and Bellevue, WA., graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1950 and attended University of Washington.

After raising her kids, she co-founded one of the early coffee shops (Coffee Etc.), went on an archeological dig in Hawaii and then moved to Lahaina in 1990.

During her 30-plus years living in Lahaina, she worked as research director for Lahaina Restoration Foundation (LRF), transcribing whalers’ logs.

She represented LRF and Lahaina as an ambassador on a trip to New Zealand and Fiji, and wrote a series of mystery books based on Hawaiian and Lahaina history.

She is preceded in death by her father, George V. Eastes, mother Grace Eastes and son Steve Sharp. She is survived by her son, Lawrence Sharp; two grandsons, Jerry Sharp (Alexis) and Jeff Sharp; daughter Sue Heaps (Steve) and brother Gary Eastes (Sally); and nieces and nephews.

Ashes will be spread by family on Maui at a later date.