Sarepta Mable Pierpont Ostrum

Sarepta (Sari) Mable Pierpont Ostrum

Rochester - Sarepta (Sari) Mable Pierpont Ostrum, age 98, of Rochester, NY, passed away peacefully on May 25, 2021 at the Friendly Home. Sari was born to Marjorie and Raymond Pierpont in Winfield, KS on October 27, 1922. She graduated in 1944 from the University of Kansas with a BA degree majoring in music. Sari taught elementary school music for the Lawrence, Kansas school system while her husband Dean, a US Army Captain, was deployed to France and Germany during the final two years of WWII.

After the war, Sari became a homemaker while her husband practiced law, first with his father Oscar Ostrum of Russell, Kansas, and then for 35 years with AT&T. This employment resulted in moves across the country, including St. Louis, Dallas, Portland, Seattle, Cleveland, NYC, and Oldwick, NJ. Sari always created a loving home for Dean, their four children, and their many friends made along the way. Every summer no matter where her family was living, she would drive back to Kansas to visit family. After a midlife divorce, Sari became a travel agent and visited many countries and continents, often accompanied by her grandchildren. A lifelong Christian Scientist, she negotiated life's challenges with grace and humility. In 1990, she moved to Rochester to be closer to her children. She will be remembered for her love of people, music, antiques, and homemade meals including family Thanksgivings with her rolls, cranberry ice and pies. She enjoyed watching sports especially KU basketball - Go Jayhawks!

Sari is predeceased by her brothers, Calvert and Francis Pierpont and their wives.

She is survived by her children and their spouses; Karna and Don Hanna of Stuart, FL; John Ostrum and Nancy Creswell of Montpelier,VT; Daniel and Jackie Ostrum of Pittsford, NY; and Peter Ostrum and Loretta Lepkowski of Glenfield, NY; nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Grandma Sari left a legacy of much love, kindness and generosity. She will be greatly missed.