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HICKORY Sara Stafford Seitz, 84, of Hickory, passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Born Aug. 20, 1932, in Alexander County, she was the daughter of the late Perry and Lottie Fox Stafford.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, George Howard Seitz; sisters, Blanche S. Stafford and Belle S. Teague; brothers, Glenn W. Stafford, Roy Stafford, Don L. Stafford and Lindsay Stafford.
Sara was a member of New Jerusalem Lutheran Church for 66 years where she taught Sunday school. She was retired from the Catawba County School system. She loved to garden, work in her yard, latch-hook rugs, embroider pillows, and quilts. She vacationed at Surf City for 56 years. She was also a former Girl Scout Leader.
She is survived by her daughter, Janet Seitz Hambrick, of Hickory; two grandsons, Jackson Seitz Hambrick and Gaither Lee Hambrick, both of Hickory; a sister, Toy S. Smith, of Hickory; two brothers, Mack Stafford and wife, Gayle, of Conover and Wade Stafford and wife, Edna, of Gastonia; two sisters-in-law, Betty Rockett Stafford and Betty Seitz, both of Newton; and a number of nieces and nephews.
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