Brenda Lee Shear, (Roberts) 67, passed away peacefully in her home on Friday, January 17, 2025. She was surrounded by her loving family in her final weeks after a sudden diagnosis of brain cancer.
Brenda was born in Monticello on March 8, 1957, to the late Jim and Marcia Roberts and was raised in West Lafayette, where she graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1975. She then went on to graduate from the St. Elizabeth School of Nursing.
Brenda married her high school sweetheart, Rick Shear, in 1981. Together they built a beautiful, loving, and busy family, having given birth to triplets with a 3-year-old already at home. She was extremely proud of the adults they grew into.
Brenda worked as an LPN for St. Elizabeth Hospital and at Arnett Clinic until her retirement. She was an avid Purdue basketball and football fan. She never missed a game. If she wasn't tailgating with friends and family at every home game, she'd be watching them on TV. But her greatest joy was spending time with her family. With the addition of 2 new granddaughters and another grandchild on the way, her focus was now being the best "Nanna." Brenda will be missed by so many, still coming to terms with her leaving so suddenly.
Please keep her family in your prayers as they move forward without their beautiful and loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, niece, and friend.
Besides her parents, Brenda was preceded in death by her daughter, Jennifer, and brother, Mike Roberts.
She is survived by her daughters Lyndsey Shear and Tiffany Shear (fiancé Chris Baker) of West Lafayette, sons Jacob Shear (Morgan), and Nicholas Shear (Ximena), and granddaughters Mallory and Georgina all of Indianapolis. She also is survived by her sister Janice Dawes (Pete) of Ft Worth, TX, sister-in-law Cindy Doster (Dave) of Novi, Michigan, father-in-law Jerry Shear of West Lafayette, and several nieces, nephews, and their children.
Family and friends may visit from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Tippecanoe Funeral Chapel.
A funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Tippecanoe Funeral Chapel, 3631 Morehouse Road, West Lafayette, Indiana.
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