Samantha Patricia Sherline's Obituary
With deep sorrow, we announce the passing of Samantha Patricia Sherline of Na'alehu, Hawaii on October 17, 2025.
Samantha was born in Los Angeles, California on May 27, 1938 to Durwood Preston and Edythe Faye Perryman. She had one younger brother, David Phillip Perryman, of Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Samantha was preceded in death by her husband, Michael David Sherline. She was a mother of two sons, Thomas Patrick Long, who preceded her in death in 2013 and is survived by her son, James Donald Long, of Na'alehu, Hawaii.
As a young girl, Samantha lived in Brooklyn, New York, Maryland, and O'ahu where she recalled fond memories of leaving school and going to the beach when the surf was up, eating fresh sugar cane, and dancing hula. After leaving Hawaii, she enjoyed dancing in local dance troupes in California and Arizona.
Samantha had a vivacious personality, beauty and style, and could light up any room. Samantha was a woman of many gifts and talents; a wife, mother, homemaker, and worked in several capacities from secretary, police dispatcher to plant hospital owner/operator. Throughout her life, she showed her love and kindness by serving others. She loved people, animals, plants, and flowers of all kinds.
While in California, she owned and operated plant hospitals. Patrons from all over Southern California seeking help for their sick plants brought in their plants for assessment and treatment. Her son fondly recalls, she had specific cabinets set up for Admittance, Isolation, Intensive Care, and Recovery. She would work, in her tender-loving way, to bring plants back to life so patrons could receive a healthy, flourishing plant along with a prescription and instructions for maintaining plant health.
She was creative, industrious, innovative, and artistic. She could envision something in her mind and create it with her own hands. At a young age, she loved to sew and became a master seamstress. She was also an avid bear collector and described herself in her own words as "enthusiastically dedicated", collecting bears of all types.
She is terribly missed by her precious dog, U'i, and her cat, Little Girl (aka Pua Makamae). She loved and cherished ALL her fur babies.
Samantha was a faithful and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She often expressed her love for her faith through testimony and was always willing to be the first to bear her testimony during each fast and testimony meeting at her local ward chapel in Na'alehu, Hawaii. She was always willing to share her love for the Savior and His Gospel to anyone and everyone she met.
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