Sarah D. French

Sarah D. French, 84, of Hobe Sound, FL and Lake Winola, died peacefully on Thursday at Regional Hospital, Scranton.  She was the widow of William P. French, who died in 2018.

Born in Rockville Center, NY, she was the daughter of the late F. Howard and Laura M. Downs.  She was a 1954 graduate of Mineola High School and went on to nursing school. She was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Church, Clarks Summit. She was also a member of the Swingettes Golf Club, FL, where she obtained a hole-in-one, and the Heritage Ridge Golf Club, FL.  She enjoyed cooking, baking, and spending time at the lake with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

Surviving is a daughter Nancy Duckworth, and husband Randy, Clarks Summit; five grandchildren Suzanne Armstrong, Christopher Duckworth, Brian Bills, Kathryn Bills, and Ashley French; five great-grandchildren Elizabeth and Timothy Armstrong, Bentley, Maxwell, and Gavin Duckworth, and Everly Sweetman; brother Howard Downs and his wife Maryellen; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by two sons William P. French Jr. and Thomas J. French, and a daughter Christine E. Bills; and sister Lorraine Grimmig.

Services will be held privately at the convenience of the family. Interment will take place in Hickory Grove Cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., 418 S. State St., Clarks Summit.