Sarah Jane Wertz Sutterlin

Sarah
Jane Wertz Sutterlin
Mrs. Sutterlin died at Southminster Retirement Community in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday, May 16, 2009. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 29, 1914, and reared in Hagerstown, Maryland. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Irvin M. Wertz and Jane Price Gaines Wertz, an infant brother, and a half-sister, Doris Wertz Dealaman, of Bernardsville, New Jersey.
Sarah Jane was educated in the public schools of Hagerstown and Highland Hall Preparatory School of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, and her Master's degree in social work at Columbia University in New York. She pursued her profession in child welfare in Baltimore, Maryland, before moving to Bristol, Tennessee, in 1946.
Sarah Jane was a member of Junior League of Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee, and served on several Boards of Directors: Bristol Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, Mental Hygiene Board, Bristol Girls Club, Bristol YWCA, Bristol Parrish Study Club, Bristol Community Concert Association, Bristol Cancer Association, and Bristol Habitat for Humanity. She was a member and Deacon of Central Presbyterian Church, Bristol, Virginia.
Surviving are two sons, Joe Sutterlin and wife, Lyn, of Charlotte ,and Jon Sutterlin and wife, Marti, of Aurora, CO; three grand children, Will Sutterlin of Indian Land, SC, Chele Sutterlin Steele and husband, Rob, of Charlotte, and Walt Sutterlin and wife, Tina, of Lansing, MI; and two great-grandchildren, McKenna Marie Sutterlin and Brogan Gaines Sutterlin, both of Lansing, MI.
Funeral service will be held at Central Presbyterian Church of Bristol, VA, on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at 11:00 AM with Dr. Andrew Spence and Dr. David Wadsworth officiating. A memorial service will be held in the Southminster Chapel, Charlotte, NC, at 3:30 PM on Thursday, May 21, 2009, with Dr. Donald Mitchell and Dr. Augustas Succop officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care, Charlotte Region, 1420 East Seventh St., Charlotte, NC 28204 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929.
Condolences and memories may be shared with the family and viewed by visiting www.BlevinsCares.com. Blevins Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 417 Lee Street, Bristol, Virginia, is serving the Sutterlin family.