SARA BRISTOR

1962 - 2021

BRISTOR Sara Anne Bristor (Age 58) Of Gaithersburg, Maryland, passed away on October 30, 2021 from brain cancer. A visitation will be held at DeVol Funeral Home, 10 East Deer Park Drive, Gaithersburg, MD on Thursday, November 11, 2021 from 2 to 4 p.m. The funeral service and burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 12, 2021 at the Germantown Baptist Church, 17640 Riffle Ford Rd, Germantown, MD 20874. A social gathering will be held in the church hall following burial. Sara was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 12, 1962. She graduated from Edgewood High School and continued on to receive Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Master of Public Health degrees from the University of Pittsburgh as well as a Master of Arts in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University. Following her graduation from the University of Pittsburgh, Sara moved to Maryland for a survey statistician position with the National Center for Health Statistics. After devoting all of her energy to raising four boys, Sara found her true workplace calling as an English teacher. She taught middle school English for 12 years at the Church of the Redeemer Christian School where Sara taught her own children alongside many other treasured students. After earning her Master's Degree in teaching, Sara accepted employment with Montgomery County Public Schools and found a home as an English Composition Assistant at Clarksburg High School for the past seven years. Sara also taught writing classes and state teacher certification preparatory courses for Montgomery County employees, touching and enriching the lives of many adult learners. As a lifelong learner, in 2019, Sara earned certification as a Wilson Reading System practitioner. While Sara loved teaching writing, she found new enthusiasm in developing and implementing plans to address reading challenges faced by students with dyslexia and other cognitive challenges. Sara enjoyed cycling, swimming, Pilates, and lengthy walks in the large park near her home, often with friends and her puppy, Tucker. Sara is survived by her husband Joel; sons Charles, Benjamin, Zachary (Abigail), Nathan; grandson, Jude; siblings Peter Larkin (Donna), David Larkin (Suzanne), Jennie Larkin (John Relph), and other extended family and friends. Sara is preceded in death by her parents, John Henry Larkin, III and Anne Remington Larkin. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to support brain cancer research at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center (https://secure.jhu.edu/form/Kimmel). Please sign the guestbook at: www.DeVolFuneralHome.comwww.DeVolFuneralHome.com