Sarah Marie Albert Woessner
Sarah Marie Albert Woessner, 95, of Prospect passed away peacefully early Sunday morning at Lowrie Place in Butler.
Born Nov. 9, 1922, in Franklin Township, she was the daughter of the late William Luther and Eva Ola McCandless Albert.
She was a lifetime member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Prospect, where she enjoyed making baptismal towels, baking communion bread and taking care of memorial contributions.
She retired after 25 years as a teacher in the Slippery Rock Area School District, where she taught in the one-room Dick Schoolhouse and finished her career at Prospect Elementary School. She was a member of the Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System.
She was a Paul Harris Fellow of the Portersville-Prospect Rotary Club. She belonged to the Women's Club of Prospect, former 20th Century Club and the Prospect Area Preservation Society.
Sarah enjoyed time with her family, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She loved to travel with her husband in country and overseas. She also enjoyed reading, sewing, gardening and flowers.
She is survived by her children, Karen (Ronald) Schnelle of Portersville, Patricia “Pat” Grossman of New London, Wis., Warren (Maureen) Woessner of Virginia Beach, Va., and Clifford Woessner of Prospect; 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford L. Woessner, whom she married Sept. 11, 1946, and who died Nov. 1, 2007; her son, Frederick Woessner; her grandson, Warren Woessner Jr.; her brother, Dean Albert; her
son-in-law, Ted Grossman; and her daughter-in-law, Pamela Woessner.
WOESSNER — Visitation for Sarah Marie Albert Woessner, who died Sunday, April 8, 2018, will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the EDWARD L. RAISLEY FUNERAL HOME, 387 Main St., Prospect.The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 143 Church St., Prospect, with the Rev. Gary Brown officiating.Please meet at church.Interment will be at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Prospect.The family would like to thank Lowrie Place staff and the Amedisys Hospice staff for their compassionate care for their beloved mother and grandmother.Memorial contributions may be made to Emmanuel Lutheran Church, PO Box 386, Prospect, PA 16052 or the Prospect Community Library, PO Box 257, Prospect, PA 16052.For more information or to leave an online tribute go to www.raisleyfuneralhome.com.
