Feb 17, 2007 1 min read

Sarah I. Bittner, 80, of New Salem, Pa., passed away peacefully Thursday, February 15, 2007, in her home. She was born April 5, 1926, in Messmore, the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Ternitsky Sitok.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles W. J. Bittner, Jr., and brothers, George Sitok and Michael Sitok.

She is survived by the following children: Rosalie Cummings and husband, George of Dixon, Tennessee, Myrna Bittner of Lebanon, Pa., Faith Shelley of New Salem, Tracie Kennedy and husband, Eric of New Salem, Charles G. Bittner, III of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Michael Bittner of New Salem; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a special friend Lynnie of Republic.

Friends will be received in the DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, Pa., on Sunday, February 18, 2007, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Family and friends will gather on Monday, February 19, 2007, at 11 a.m. in the Funeral Home,

Interment will following in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa.