LONGSTREET, Sally Anne

The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ March 3, 1999, p. 16 Sally Anne Longstreet of Wickenburg died February 28 in Phoenix. She was 50. Mrs. Longstreet was born July 20, 1948 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and had lived in Wickenburg nine years after moving from Pennsylvania. She was raised in Cranford, New Jersey and Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania, by her parents Russell and Madelyn. Sally was educated at Shippensburg University, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in sociology. She then earned a post-graduate degree at the Philadelphia School of Paralegals. She served as a social worker in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh before becoming a specialized paralegal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Phoenix. Sally enjoyed volunteering her services and talents to churches; to service for indigents in Pittsburgh; to foster care children; and locally to the Hassayampa River Preserve and Wickenburg Cares, a program to educate adults regarding the abuse of children. She also helped support her husband Jim in his ministry. Sally loved to build special memories with her family, read many books to expand her thinking; substantially help others with her many talents and big heart; travel and drink in all the colors of God’s creations; protect and defend endangered species and ecological systems of life; and diligently pray for those in needs. Even though she was struggling with her own cancer for the last eight years, Sally still put others first and sought to help people who were suffering. Survivors include her husband James Longstreet of Wickenburg; sons Jeremy David of Tempe and Daniel James of Chicago; mother Madelyn Leete Frost of DeLand, Florida; sisters Wendy Skokowski of Warwock, Pennsylvania and Mary Romero of Denver, Colorado. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 2 at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Wickenburg. Rev. David Philips of Desert Hills Presbyterian Church of Carefree and Rev. Richard F. Woodcock of Indian Valley Mennonite Church of Harleysville, Pennsylvania officiated. In Sally Longstreet’s memory, gifts may be offered to the Deacon’s Fund, First Presbyterian Church, 180 N. Adams St., Wickenburg, AZ 85390. The fund helps people in need within the Wickenburg community. Gifts also may be offered in Sally’s name to the Wickenburg Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, 2015 W. Wickenburg Way, Suite 8, Wickenburg, AZ 85390. Frey Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Wickenburg handled all the arrangements.