Sadler, Rosie Szabat

Rosie Szabat Sadler of Pearisburg, Va., was called home and entered Heaven’s doors Monday night, June 25, 2007 at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg, Va.

Mrs. Sadler was born on November 13, 1924 in Eckman, W.Va. and was a daughter of the late Mack Szabat and Alice Wilson Szabat. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Larence Sadler; one brother, Tony Szabat; and five sisters, Pauline Baird, Helen Martin, Dorothy Bishop, Goldie Bennett and Diane Hoover.

Mrs. Sadler was a member of the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church in Pearisburg.

She is survived by two daughters, Betty S. and Howard Price of Pearisburg and Marlene Fontaine and Barry Hagy of Pearisburg; one son, William and Susan Sadler of Pearisburg; sisters, Joyce Gautier of Pearisburg; two brothers-in-law, Tom Martin and Lewis Eaton; one sister in-law, Louise Sadler; three grandchildren, David Fontaine, Jr., Eric R. Price, and Amanda S. Blankenship; two great-grandchildren, Corey Fontaine and Holly Fontaine; and several loving nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 2 p.m. at the Givens Funeral Chapel in Pearisburg with the Rev. Paula Campbell and the Rev. Bill Akers officiating with entombment following in the Birchlawn Abbey in Pearisburg. The family will receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home in Pearisburg on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 from 6 to 8 p.m. Online condolences can be sent to the family at givensfuneralhome.com.