Glastonbury Obituary: Saralouise Strole, 86

Saralouise (Schaeffer) Strole, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully with her family at her side. She was 86 years old.

Born in Albany, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Maude and Edward Schaeffer and a longtime resident of Newington and Glastonbury. Saralouise was both an author and a songwriter, skilled at solving crossword puzzles, knitting, crafting and crocheting. Her life and joy was her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She spent her later years chasing her grandchildren Alex, Aida, and Olivia, making Christmas cookies and having Easter Egg hunts together. She was never in short supply of lollipops. To them she was - and always will be - "Gammy."

She was known by her family at Glastonbury Health Care Center as a woman who would always mix in the right dose of love with her own brand of wit. Saralouise loved her Bible, and she lived faithfully in Christ.

She is survived by six children: Stacie (Ralph) Reilly of Glastonbury, Sharla Strole of Sea Girt, NJ, Sheryl (Kurt) Olsen, of Spartanburg, SC, Sharon Lynn (Steven) Pethick, of Spartanburg, SC, Thomas Sikkenga of Elmira, NY, and James (Frances) Sikkenga of Grand Junction, Colorado. She was predeceased by her cherished sister, Florence Burns, and her husband Richard; her brother Harry Schaeffer, as well as many beloved friends from her youth.

Private services have been arranged by Newington Memorial Funeral Home, 20 Bonair Ave., Newington. To share a memory with her family, please visit us at www.newingtonmemorial.com.