Sara E. Achenbach Balcomb, age 90, of Stevensville, PA passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday morning, August 22, 2015.

She was born on May 29, 1925 in Schuylkill Haven, PA the daughter of the late George and Tillie Butz Achenbach.

Sara was a graduate of Forty Fort High School with the class of 1943 and attained a BS degree in Home-Economics Education from Penn State University in 1946.

Sara married her high school sweetheart, Dean Balcomb, and began her teaching career in Camptown, PA until she began raising her daughters. She returned to teaching at Wyalusing Valley High School then retiring in June of 1987.

She was a member and Past Worthy Matron of the Le Raysville Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 498, a member of the Stevensville Birthday Club, and a member of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church. She spent many happy retirement years playing her saxophone in Deano's Band for local nursing homes and civic groups.

Sara is survived by her daughters Sheryl Balcomb of Stevensville, PA and Louise Wert and her husband Andy of Mifflintown, PA; several nieces and nephews and a cousin; as well as her loving dog and cats. She leaves four very special caregivers: Sheila McGavin, Debbie Borden, Ashley McGavin, and Maureen Kelly. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years H. Dean Balcomb on September 27, 2014 and sister-in-law and brother-in-law Harriet and Bill Christmas.

Funeral services are private and under the direction of Sheldon Funeral Homes, 155 Church St., Wyalusing, PA. Online condolences may be made at www.sheldonfuneralhomes.com.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be directed to The Wyalusing Museum Assoc., PO Box 301, Wyalusing, PA 18853 or The Bradford Co. Humane Society, RT220, PO Box 179, Ulster, PA 18850.