Obituary of June Ellen Sorber

June Sorber, age 96 of Sorber Mountain, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at the Mercy Center, Dallas. She was born in Noxen on May 26, 1922 and was the daughter of the late Alvin and Ellen Wilson Deater. June was a member of the Assembly of God Church at Harveys Lake, where she was a Sunday School teacher and was involved in many church activities. She was a very caring person for her friends, neighbors and family. June was employed by the former Carpenter's Nursing Home, Harveys Lake, as a nurse's aide for several years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert who passed away in May, 1984, brothers and sisters, Isabelle, Ethel, Harvey, Russell, Tom, Henrietta, Helen, Verna and Martha and grandson, Lenny Hungarter. June is survived by children, Isabelle Butler and her husband Leroy, Claude Sorber and his wife Eunice, Judy Neilson and her husband Joe, Alice Steltz and Julie Markle and her husband Irv; sisters, Mona Montross and Beulah Womer of Noxen; sisters-in-law, Laura Mae Deater of Delaware and Guida McGuire of Hershey; 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 1, 2019 at 11:00 am from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corner of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek, with Rev. L.D. Reed and Rev. Rick Womer, officiating. Visitation will be from 2-4 PM on Sunday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Loyalville. June's family would like to thank the Mercy Center and Hospice of the Sacred Heart for the wonderful care given to their mother. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Deater Foundation, Inc. at PO Box 255; White Deer, PA 17887, www.deaterfoundation.org.