Sarah K. Sherrard

A resident of Sugar Grove much of her life, she was born July 29, 1943, a daughter of the late Walter and Ella Russell Chase.

She was a 1961 graduate of Youngsville High School and has been a very active member of the alumni group.

Much of her working years were spent in retail having been employed by JC Penny, Walmart, Hallmark Store and the Basket Company. In earlier years she had worked at MRC.

She was a member of Church On the Rock, Hill and Dale Garden Club and Sugar Grove Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary.

She enjoyed knitting and watching her grandchildren’s sporting events. She loved her friends and neighbors.

Surviving are two children: Michael (Jennifer) Sherrard of Warren, Pa., and Robert (Tammie) Sherrard of Youngsville, Pa.; four grandchildren: Kurtis, Samuel, Bryce and Mallory Sherrard; two brothers: Alan Chase of Little Meadows, Pa., and Dennis Chase of Monroe, N.C.; a special friend, James Defrisco; aunts and several nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents. she was preceded in death by her husband. Donald Sherrard, whom she married Aug. 11, 1962, and who died Oct. 7, 1997; a granddaughter, Lexi Sherrard; a sister. Susan McCollough; and a nephew. Daryl Chase.

A memorial service will be held at noon Saturday in the Lind Funeral Home.

Friends will be received from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Chautauqua Hospice and Palliative Care, 20 W. Fairmount Ave., Lakewood, NY 14750, or Sugar Grove Volunteer Fire Department, 5 Wilson St., Sugar Grove, PA 16350.

You may leave words of condolence at www.lindfuneral home.com.