Frances Alene Sankey

May 10, 2021 Last Updated: May 10, 2021 09:00 AM Death Notice

Frances Alene Sankey, 94, of Butler passed away, Friday morning, April 9, 2021, at Concordia in Cabot.

Born March 7, 1927, in Butler, she was a daughter of the late Charles A. Hinchberger and Amanda (Hickey) Hinchberger.

Alene was a homemaker and mother, and had worked in the Spaide Shirt Factory during World War II, making field jackets for the military. She had moved 24 times in 18 years all throughout the world, during her husband's military service assignments.

She was a member of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, the South Butler Auxiliary, and had been a Red Cross volunteer at the Butler Hospital and many military hospitals around the world.

Surviving are her children, Thomas (Corliss) Sankey of Columbus, Ga., Barbara Malis of Butler, Donna (George) Huff of Butler, Jacqueline (Bill) Daugherty of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Edwin (Joanne) Sankey of Pittsburgh, and Ronald (Veronica) Sankey of Butler; 13 grandchildren, Jamie Sankey, Michael (Sharon) Dalcamo, Kimberly (Brian) Weitzel, David (Allison) Dalcamo, Justin Huff, Cybil (Chris) Popovich, Jenna McGrady, Ted McGrady, Chris (Beatrice) Sankey, Nick Sankey, Bradley Sankey, Skye Sankey and Lake Sankey; her 16 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Robert “Bob” Sankey, whom she married June 6, 1946, at St. Paul Church in Butler, and who passed away Aug. 4, 2014; an infant brother; four brothers, Clarence Morrison, and Robert, Charles and Richard Hinchberger; six sisters, Elsie Monn, Kathryn Slupe, Mary Shulik, Jean Kingan, Phyllis Slupe and Garnet Kriley; and a son-in-law, Chuck Malis.

SANKEY — Friends of Frances Alene Sankey, who died Friday, April 9, 2021, will be received from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 11, 2021, at Geibel Funeral Home, 201 E. Cunningham St., Butler.A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 128 N. McKean St., Butler. Everyone is asked to please meet at the church.Private interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Butler.Everyone attending is required to provide and wear a facial covering and practice social distancing.For more information or to leave an online condolence, please visit www.geibelfuneralhome.com.