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Sherry L. Emmert

August 17, 1948 - March 04, 2020

Sherry Emmert, 71, of Kit Carson passed away March 5, 2019, at her home in Kit Carson.

Sherry was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Bill and Margie Cahill August 17, 1948.  She married Charles Emmert, Jr. March 30, 1976 in Eads. She worked at the Kiowa County Health Department until her retirement.

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Editor's note: Eboni Nash is a graduate of Eads High School and Hastings College in Nebraska, where she majored in psychology, religion and sociology. She now attends Harvard University in Massachusetts. Eboni writes periodically for the Kiowa County Press.

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