Sara B. Miner

Sara B. "Lovey" Miner, 66, died November 16, 2009 in her residence after a lengthy illness.

She was the wife of Joel W. Miner, Sr.

Born in Phoenixville, she was a daughter of the late Elizabeth Pavlick and Joseph Beck.

She was a graduate of St. Eleanor's Elementary School, Collegeville; Bishop Kendrick High School, Norristown and Hahnemann Hospital School of Radiology. She was employed by Hahnemann Hospital where she worked as an x-ray technician, last working in 1968.

Sara loved fishing and trips to Atlantic City.

In addition to her loving husband of 41 years, she is survived by her three sons: Joel W., Jr., husband of Marguerite A., Pottstown; Aron S., husband of Colleen, Wyomissing and Adam S., husband of Amanda, Haymarket, VA; her sister, Mary Jane Shrader, Cincinnati, OH; her two brothers: Alvin Beck, Philadelphia and Solomon Beck, NJ. Also surviving are five grandchildren: Julia Miner, Delia Miner, Abigail Miner, Alexander Miner and Timothy Nyman. One great-grandchild, Konnor Nyman, also survives her.

Services will be Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in Most Blessed Sacrament R.C.C., 610 Pine St., Bally. Burial will be in Valley Forge Memorial Gardens, Valley Forge. Friends may pay their condolences on Thursday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the church.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to either the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer www.curepc.org or to the Berks Animal Rescue League www.berksarl.org.

Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., West Reading is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be recorded at www.kuhnfuneralhome.com