Sandra S. Franke, 82, of Grampian died Monday, March 20, 2017 at Christ the King Manor.
Born Sept. 21, 1934 in Clearfield, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Mary (Rhinehart) Stewart.
On Dec. 12, 1969, she married Herman F. Franke. He survives.
She worked as an insurance agent for her father’s business, formerly the Stewart Agency, early in her career. Later, she worked for various insurance agencies in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
She was a member of the Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was the first woman member of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association (P.A.A.). She loved to travel.
She is survived by five children, Gary Franke and his wife, Debra of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Kenneth Franke and his wife, Anne of Kutztown, Richard Franke and his wife, Necia of Fort Worth, Texas, Patricia O’Donnell and her husband, Larry of Sicklerville, NJ and Paul Franke and his wife, Mary Jo of Avon Lakes, Ohio; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a brother, Walter Stewart of Miamisburg, Ohio; and a sister, Sylvia Kinzler of Chambersburg, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her brother, William Stewart.
Friends will be received from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday at the Goble-Baronick Funeral Home.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Goble-Baronick Funeral Home with Pastor Kenneth Zitsch officiating. Burial will be in Chestnut Grove Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to the Salvation Army, 119 S. Jared St., DuBois, PA 15801.
Online condolences may be sent to www.gbfuneralhome.com.