Birth date: Dec 20, 1966 Death date: Apr 8, 2021
Shera June Miner, 54, of Broken Arrow, passed away Thursday, April 8, 2021 in Tulsa after a 3.5 year fight with cancer. Shera was born December 20, 1966 in Los Gatos, CA to Hoshang S. and Mary Ann F. Lala and lived in San Jose at Read Obituary
It has only been one year and four months since I lost my best friend to cancer. I love you so much Shera, and I miss you every day!!!!!! Thank you for being my dearest friend and confidant. You brought such compassion and joy to my life🥰 I will see you in heaven🙏 I love you my friend...
Shera and I met in the fall of 1985, our first semester at Oral Roberts University. We immediately hit it off with each other and our friend Kelley...we were a tripod!
Shera had a zest for visiting people and traveling. We would drive to Denver, where Kelley was from, and we would explore Colorado... Shera, Kelley and I, and several ORU friends went skiing in Winter Park on a school vacation, where Shera and I tried skiing for the first time! I remember visiting her in California on a summer vacation...we drove up and down Big Sur highway, we camped out in a redwood forest, we explored San Francisco and ate seafood. I remember her bright red truck...I can’t imagine the miles she put on that vehicle, driving it all over the United States! We visited friends from Arkansas, Texas...she was alway ready to go anywhere!
Shera was funny, she was smart, she was hardworking...but she also loved to blow off studying to go eat nachos with me...we ate a lot of nachos! I also remember getting bagels after church at a little Jewish bakery...the owners, a lovely older couple, were always so happy to see Shera on Sunday mornings. What can I say? We were hungry college students! And we talked...and talked...and talked. We shared those intense conversations that occur while one is at college...I’m forever grateful for those memories.
Shera had an unshakable faith in Jesus. At ORU I remember we we would all go to vespers services every week...Shera would lose herself in the worship music. Our friend Amy could play the guitar (as could Shera a bit), and we would all be singing and worshipping together in the hallway of our dorm. We shared so many conversations about faith...I never saw her faith waver in spite of all the challenges she faced in her life.
Kelley and I had the opportunity to visit Shera this past July and spend time with Bob, Josh, Rachel and Ben. The most important thing to Shera on our visit was for us to spend time getting to know her kids and her husband. She loved her family so much! And I loved Shera. I will miss her enthusiasm for living, I will miss seeing her faith in Jesus, and I will miss seeing her love for her family. Shera, you lived your life well...until we meet again, my friend!
Robin
I had the privilege of working with Shera at St.Francis Homehealth where we were both medical social workers .She excemplified all the qualities of a great social worker. Shera was compassionate and an advocate for her patients. I enjoyed spending time with her at professional development events and peer visits. Her smile was unforgetable as is she.
Patty Johnson
In 1985 Shera Lala, Robin and I arrived at ORU as students. The three of us became fast best friends and spent the rest of our college years living together on the same floor. Being from Colorado, Shera often came home with me on breaks to go skiing. I don’t ever remember seeing her study. During finals week, I would spend hours holed up in the library while Shera and Robin went to movies and goofed off. We did life together before marriage, kids and careers. We were in each other’s weddings and held each other’s babies.
Shera was spontaneous, fearless and always up for a new adventure. I remember she was the first girlfriend I knew who drove a truck and motorcycle. She was a survivor, resilient, strong, spunky, out-going, compassionate, thoughtful, loyal and caring. Shera had a deep faith in Jesus and passionate love for her family. She was so very proud of her kids.
Last summer Robin and I returned to Tulsa to spend a weekend with Shera. As we left I knew the next time I would see her again would be in heaven. Thank you, Shera, for your sweet friendship the past 35 years. You finished the race too soon, but very well.
Kelley O'Connell Klassen
Shera was one of the rare few truly beautiful souls in this world. Even though I haven't seen her for years, my childhood is filled with memories of her. She was my best friend growing up down the block in San Jose. I feel blessed to have known her. My heart aches for her family and friends as we all know what a great loss this is.
