Sarah was preceded in death by her parents Minnie Virgina “Mama Dee” and Joseph Wiley “Pap” Cunningham of Nashville, Tennessee, her ten siblings, and husbands Pete and Bill. Sarah was survived by her three children Rhonda Gayle Ringwald (Jeff), Deborah Sue Hill, (Dan), and Joseph Mark Ingram (Wendy), five grandchildren Ashley Hill, Maximilian Ringwald, Natalie Manibusan, Colten Ingram, and Alexandra Ingram, and twelve great grandchildren Makenna Ingram, Jace Ingram, Ellison Ingram, Theo Manibusan, Hazel Manibusan, Wesley Manibusan, Maddie Hill, Lily Burns, Ronald Burns, Maire Burns, Sam Halbmier and Eli Halbmier.
Sarah grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, the youngest of eleven children. Sarah attended Joelton High School and married her high school sweetheart, Samuel Leon “Pete” Ingram Jr., in 1955. They had their three children and Sarah was a stay-at-home mom and homemaker. Pete and Sarah were married 25 years.
Sarah married William “Bill” Russell Klahn on December 7, 2002. Sarah and Bill were married eleven years until his death in April 2014.
Sarah was a very strong woman, surviving four different cancer diagnoses. Her faith in Jesus left a legacy of love and kindness with all who knew her, especially her children. She was loved for her warm heart and quick wit and will be dearly missed.
Visitation with the family will be at Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Woodlawn Memorial Park, located at 660 Thompson Lane, Nashville, TN 37204, on November 10th from 4:00pm til 7:00pm and November 11th from 9:30am til 11:30 am and services will begin at 11:30am internment to follow. Memorial donations can be made to Alive Hospice of Nashville.
