Sara F.

Dantzler

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IN LOVING MEMORY

Sara F. Dantzler

Jul 17 1926 - Aug 26 2017

Sara Ruth (Finney) Dantzler of Murphy, Texas passed away on August 26, 2017 at the age of 91.  She was born on July 17, 1926 in Greenville, Texas.  Sara grew up in Dallas graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School. She married Murray McLeod Dantzler on December 6, 1946 in Dallas, Texas. Murray and Sara spent their early married years at First Baptist Church in Dallas, then moving to Shiloh Terrace Baptist Church in Dallas where she was a pre-school and kindergarten teacher.  They later settled in at First Baptist Church in McKinney.  In her early career, Sara was a medical transcriber at Parkland Hospital in Dallas working for Dr. GoForth.  She volunteered for many years at Presbyterian Hospital in Allen.  Sara was a prolific writer, especially poetry.  Her main primary love was raising her three boys.

Sara is survived by her sons, Daniel “Danny” Murray Dantzler and wife, Susan of Richardson, Texas, Duane Lewis Dantzler and wife, Debbie also of Richardson and Dale Robert Dantzler and wife, Jennifer of Allen; grandchildren, Dr. Drake Dantzler and his wife, Dr. Alta Dantzler of Lake Orion, Michigan, Ashley Dantzler and Kyle Dantzler; great-grandchildren, Rowan Dantzler and Vera Dantzler; sister, Geraldine McGraw; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other loving family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Murray Dantzler; and two sisters, Ann and Dorothy.

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home, 2525 Central Expressway North, Allen, Texas 75013 with Rev. Randy Morlan officiating.  Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen.  The family will receive friends during a visitation on Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. 

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