Altha Jane (Allread) Sullenbarger, 79 of New Paris, Ohio passed away on Monday September 21, 2020 at 9:01 AM at State of The Heart Care Center, Greenville, Ohio. She was born March 12, 1941 in Preble County, Ohio the daughter of the late Norman & Sarah Verona Allread. She worked at K Mart in Eaton Ohio.
She was a member of Jan Hagara Collectors Club; and the Mid-Ohio Collectors Club; She loved the library and reading with mysteries being her favorite thing to read; she loved to compete and won several blue ribbons at the Great Darke County Fair in the candy display and baking categories; she enjoyed taking care of her flowers at her home and loved her peach roses; she was active at the Preble County Senior Center; she loved to shop and always kept up on the current fashions; she loved to dress up for Halloween; she cared for her family and friends and put them before herself and sent them cards and notes letting them know she cares; she loved to bake for the Hueston Woods family trip and holidays making great pies; she enjoyed attending the melodrama plays at Annie Oakley Days.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband: Vernon “Dale” Sullenbarger Sr. on January 6, 2019 whom she married on August 6, 1960; and her brother: Stephen Allread.
She is survived by her children to whom she was a good mother: Suzy (Rick) Orbik of Richmond, Teresa Sullenbarger of Kettering, & Dale Sullenbarger Jr. of Union City, Ohio; her grandchildren: Jessica Anderson, Courtney (James) Hernandez, Zak Anderson, & Drew Sullenbarger; great grandchildren: Jackson, Thatcher, & River Thompson, Junie Gross, Abraham & Theodore Hernandez; her sister: Anna Allread of Greenville; her sister in law: Sharon Allread of Georgia; numerous nieces, & nephews and numerous lifelong friends that she continued to keep in touch with.
Services will be held on Friday September 25, 2020 at 10:30 AM at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville, Ohio with Chaplain Jacque Collins officiating. Burial will follow in Greenmound Cemetery, New Madison, Ohio. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Thursday September 24, 2020 and 1 hour prior to the services on Friday at the funeral home. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic the family requests that everyone who attends to please wear a facemask. Memorial contributions may be made to State of the Heart Care.
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