Sara R. Minnich

Sara R. Minnich, 93, of Tower City, passed away Friday evening, May 29, 2026 at the Masonic Village, Elizabethtown.

Born in Deturksville, on Thursday, March 23, 1933, a daughter of the late Benjamin and Ivy Fiddler Leisey.

She was a graduate of the Schuylkill Business Institute. 

In her younger years, she worked as a seamstress in the local garment industry. She then went on to work as an executive secretary with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Aging.

She was a very active and faithful member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where she was a former member of the council, altar guild, kitchen committee, Sunday School teacher, and communion assistant. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Glen Chapter, Lykens.

Sara was the coordinator with the Lutheran Home Services for many years. She will be remembered for always going above and beyond for everyone. She could often be found volunteering in the community, helping for many years with Old Home Week. Above all, family was the center of her world. Sara will be remembered as a wonderful, wife, mother, nanny, aunt, and friend.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Charles Walter Minnich, 2014; a daughter, Holly Artz, 2018; three brothers, Fred, Clark, and Glenn Leisey.

Surviving are her daughter, Karen Bruner and her husband Gary; her beloved grandchildren, Jessica Artz and her husband Paul Rodichok, Caleb Bruner and his wife Fredline, Sean Artz, Katie Bruner and her husband Jason Vogel, and Monica Denver; her great grandchildren, Isabella Marie Clark, Valerie, Sean, Zane, and Maddox Artz, Gabriella, Sophia, Cecelia, and Aliana Bruner, Tristan Pereschuk, Nick and Gage Vogel, and Emma and Raven Denver; three sisters-in-law, Joan Minnich, Joan Miller, and Janet Shutt; numerous nieces and nephews, including Darlene Wollyung who was very close to Sara.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Tower City, with Pastors Harold Hand and Annette Shutt officiating. Viewing will be from 10-11 at the church. A luncheon and time of fellowship will immediately follow the service. Sara will be laid to rest privately in the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Sara's memory can be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 415 E Grand Avenue, Tower City, PA 17980.

The Dimon Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., Tower City, is honored to serve Sara's family. To send condolences, visit www.dimonfuneralhome.com.

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