Sarah Popalis; nursing director
Sarah Popalis, 117 E. Center St., Shenandoah, died Wednesday morning at Hazleton General Hospital.
Born in Sidney, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Theresa Button.
She was a nursing director at the Locust Mountain and Ashland hospitals and was a member of St. George’s Catholic Church, Shenandoah.
Her husband, James, died in 1979.
Surviving are son, John, Hazleton; daughter, Mrs. Douglas (Kathleen) Richard, Gettysburg; brother, James, Girardville; and three grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held today at 8:30 a.m. from the Oravitz Home for Funerals, 40 N. Jardin St., Shenandoah. A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9 a.m. in St. George’s Church. Interment will be in Our Lady of Fatima Cemetery.
SOURCE: STANDARD-SPEAKER (Hazleton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania) Friday, 12 August 1994, “Obituaries,” p 2, c 2; Hazleton Area Public Library, Hazleton, Pennsylvania.