Anna Bernardine Sauers

Anna Bernadine Shisko Sauers Anna Bernadine Shisko Sauers, 87 of Brookhaven, Pennsylvania passed away on April 12, 2013 from natural causes in Chester Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Malvern, PA. where she had been recuperating from a fall. She was the only child of John Anthony Shisko and Margaret Hayducek- Shisko, of McAdoo, PA Anna was born in Kelayres, Pennsylvania on November 14, 1925. Anna was an avid writer and typist and she enjoyed working on the student paper and publications in High School. She graduated from Hazleton High School with the class of 1942 at the age of 16 and went to work as a stenographer during the war years at the silk factory where they made parachutes for the war effort. Anna was promoted to secretary to the Personnel Director for the Duplan Corporation where she worked until her marriage to her high school sweetheart, Vincent J. Sauers in June 1951. Anna moved with her husband to Brookhaven, PA in 1955 when he took a position as an educator for the Marple-Newtown School District. Anna spent her life caring for her family and loving God. She spent 28 years of marriage with Vincent until his untimely death in 1979. Anna worked for Continental Can in Edystone, PA and enjoyed part time employment at Delaware County Community College until she retired to care for her mother, Margaret, until her mother's death in 1997. She was a member of Our Lady of Charity Church in Brookhaven, PA. Anna was preceded in death by her husband Vincent J. Sauers, three sons, Jeffrey, Joseph, James, and one daughter, Mary Katherine. Survivors: by two sons, John Vincent Sauers and his wife Gayle Litwiniec-Sauers from West Goshen, PA, and Gerard Nicholas "Jerry" Sauers and his fianc Josephine Martin of Lancaster, PA., also a daughter-in-law, Mary Louise Mollieri (wife of James), grandchildren Michael Ryan Racelis of Morrisville, PA, Kristianne Brenna Racelis of West Goshen, PA, John Anthony Sauers of West Goshen PA and Kenneth "Michael" and wife Makenzie Sauers of Buffalo, Wyoming and three great-grandchildren, Kaili Arianna and Nicholas Racelis of West Goshen, PA and Tyler Sauers of Buffalo, Wyoming along with numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral Service: will be held 11am Monday at All Saints Church, 21 N. Cleveland St., McAdoo, Pennsylvania. 18237. Visitation: Sunday afternoon 1-3pm at the Bateman Funeral Home, 4220 Edgmont Ave., Brookhaven, Pa, 19015 and also Monday morning 10:30-11am at the church. Interment St. Mary's Cemetery, McAdoo, Pa. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be given to Our Lady of Charity Church, 231 Upland Road, Brookhaven, PA. The family of Anna Sauers wishes to thank Dr. Cooperman of Paoli Hospital, the Staff of Crossroads Hospice and Chester Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for their tender and loving care of our mother during her final days. Arr. by Bateman Funeral Home, Brookhaven, Pa. www.batemanfuneralhome.com