Sarah Ruth “Sally” Heckman, age 79, of Chambersburg, PA; passed away in the Chambersburg Hospital on Monday, December 19, 2011. Born July 16, 1932 in Chambersburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Merle and Sarah Ruth Detrich Stevens.
Sally worked as a telephone operator for the Answering Service in Chambersburg for 15 years, retiring in 1992. She was President of the Sisters of the Swish, the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge #842, the Detrich-Brechbill Post #612 Ladies Auxillary.
Surviving are her husband of 60 years, Samuel D. Heckman, whom she married on August 4, 1951; her children, Dawn Curtis (husband Mark) of Chambersburg and David Heckman (wife Mary Ann); and three grandchildren, Samantha Jo Curtis and David and Jonathan Heckman.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 23, 2011 at 1 PM in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 333 Falling Spring Rd., Chambersburg, PA 17202. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the funeral home on Friday. Interment will follow the service in St. Thomas Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her name to the Sisters of the Swish, Chambersburg, PA.