Joanne M. Sorrell, 95, of Indiana, PA died on November 3, 2022, at St. Andrews Village after a brief illness.
Born on September 14, 1927, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of J. Warren and Ruth Staples Millard. She married Richard A. Sorrell on June 10, 1949, in Washington, DC, who preceded her in death in 2010. She had lived in Indiana PA since 2011.
Mrs. Sorrell was a graduate of Upper Darby High School in Upper Darby, PA, and the Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing where she was a member of the last regiment of the U.S. Army Nurse Cadet Corp. She also received her BSSN from Penn State University. . She was a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania, Maryland and the District of Columbia. During her career she worked as an obstetrical nurse, a visiting nurse and had a long tenure as a clinical pharmacology research nurse.
She was a member of St. Thomas More University Parish. In addition, she was a member of the Pennsylvania Hospital Alumni Association and Mensa International. She had also taken an active volunteer role with Meals on Wheels for many years in Coudersport, Pa.
Mrs. Sorrell is survived by three sons; William A. Sorrell of Pittsburgh, PA, Thomas N. (Susan) Sorrell of Sylvania, Ohio, and Robert D. (Diana) Sorrell of Huntsville, AL; two daughters, Margaret S. (Daniel) Trueman of Gastonia, NC and Patricia S. (Thaddeus) Pajak of Indiana, PA; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, John W. Millard of Tempe, AZ, a sister Grace M. Gabrielson of Ogden, UT and a half brother, Robert M. Staples of Houston, TX.
The family would like to thank the staff of St. Andrews Village for all their compassionate care of our mother. In addition, a special thank you to Drs. Heasley, Nettleton and Klain for their attentive care across the years.
A private service will be held at the convenience of family. Interment will be in All Saints Cemetery at Brookland, PA.
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