Sallie Salara Knorr

May 24, 2012

Sallie Salara Knorr, 79, of 609 Church Road, Hegins, passed away Thursday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest.

She was born on Dec. 7, 1932, in Barry Township, a daughter of the late William E. and Mabel C. Kehler Carl.

She was a employed as a seamstress in area garment factories and had also worked for Romberger's Vineyard, Klingerstown.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran "Klinger's" Church, Erdman.

Sallie enjoyed crocheting and sewing.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray E. Knorr Sr., in 1987; four brothers, Raymond, Marlin, James and Walter Carl; and two sisters, Catherine Kessler and Helen Miller.

She is survived by a son, Ray E. Knorr Jr. and his wife, Renae, Hegins; there daughters, Sheree-Lee Knorr, Hegins, Christine D. McCarthy and her husband, Jay, Catawissa, and Michelle I. DiFelice and her husband, Rudy, Perkasie; a grandson, Duane D. Knorr and his wife, Mary, Hegins; a granddaughter, Salaire N. DiFelice, Perkasie; two brothers, Albert Carl, Good Spring, and Wesley Carl, Hegins; four sisters, Florence Lyons, Valley View, Margaret Straub, Berrysburg, Ellen Drumheller, Hamburg, and Carolyn Schaeffer, Tremont; nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Zion Lutheran "Klinger's" Church, Erdman, with the Rev. Jan Mills officiating. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Interment will be in Zion Lutheran "Klinger's" Cemetery, Erdman. Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffingtonreed.com.