Sarah Ann (Weller) Marlowe, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. Born Nov. 16, 1929. She is preceded in death by parents Myrtle Mae (Murray) and Foster J. Weller; and husband John Donald Marlowe. She is survived by five daughters; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandson. They are: Johnnie and husband Roger Smith, Garland, Texas, grandson Stephen Smith and fiancee Whitney Almand, Clarksville, Tenn.; Bonnie and husband Paul Eash Sr., Johnstown, grandson Joshua Eash and wife Alison (Foster), Cambridge, Ohio, great-grandson John, granddaughters, Marlowe Eash, Alexandria, Va., and Sarah Eash, Johnstown, grandsons, Paul Eash Jr. and Aaron Eash, Johnstown; Tammy and husband Charles Desrosiers, Millbury, Mass., grandson Nicholas Mish, Johnstown; Christine and husband the Rev. Paul C. Lundmark, Wilmington, Del., grandsons: Christian, R. Lukas and Gregory Lundmark, Wilmington; Jolene and husband R. Ralph Cunningham, Johnstown, grandson Justin Cunningham and wife Miranda (Donaldson), Johnstown, and granddaughter Alexis (Cunningham) and husband Joshua Capouellez, Johnstown. She is also survived by her loving sister Myrt and husband Paul Custer along with numerous in-laws, nieces and nephews. Sarah graduated from Greater Johnstown High School (’47), attended University of Pittsburgh, Cypress Avenue Campus and graduated from Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center School of Nursing (’51). Her career included working at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, as a private-duty nurse in multiple hospitals, and she touched many lives from 1970-1995 as an Elks’ Home Service Nurse for United Cerebral Palsy of the Southern Alleghenies serving Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Somerset counties. She retired in December 1995 after a long, fulfilling career. A lifelong resident of Kernville, she spent many years actively involved in Mothers’ Club at Somerset St. Elementary School including serving as president. She was a charter member of Anna L. Windolph Chapter 495, Order of the Eastern Star, Mother Advisor and Advisory Board member for Johnstown Assembly 42, Order of the Rainbow for Girls, and member and past president of the Elks Auxiliary. She taught Sunday school and Bible school and served on the Altar Guild of First Lutheran Church (Vine Street), and volunteered for UCP and the MS Society. She loved life, cherished her family, and was an avid reader. She was fortunate to be surrounded by a large circle of friends throughout her entire life and treasured each and every one of them. Viewing will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the George E. Mason Funeral Home, 1687 Tire Hill Road, Davidsville. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home officiated by the Rev. Paul C. Lundmark of Grace Lutheran Church, Hockessin, Del. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition.
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