By Staff
Sarah E. Ostrowski, 82, of Dowagiac, died on Tuesday May 6, 2008, at Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital, Dowagiac.
Her family will meet friends on Thursday, May 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. at McLauchlin-Clark Funeral Home in Dowagiac, where her service will be held on Friday, May 9, at 11 a.m. led by the Rev. Mark Thompson.
She will be laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery, Dowagiac.
Her life began on Jan. 2, 1926, in Down Patrick, County Down, Ireland; the daughter of Thomas and Susan (Russell) Cromie.
She was united in marriage to Louis Ostrowski, Sr. on Aug. 6, 1945 and immigrated to the United States in 1947.
She was a homemaker and raised four children. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Dowagiac.
Her loving family includes her children, Suzanne (Terry) Harris of Dowagiac, Louis (Shirley) Redman of Niles, Bruce (Kristi) Ostrowski of Nappanee, Ind. and Ron (Sandy) Ostrowski of Niles; grandchildren, Ann Allen, Craig Ostrowski, Valerie Ostrowski, Dawn Nyikos, Kelly Stenberg, Lisa Ostrowski, Marcie Ostrowski and Kevin Ostrowski; five great-grandchildren and a sister, Isabell Duncan of Browns, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis, in 1996 and several brothers and sisters.
Memorial contributions in her name may be directed to the American Heart Association.
Please sign her guestbook and leave a memory of Sarah at www.mclauchlin-clark.com.
Arrangements were by McLauchlin-Clark Funeral Home in Dowagiac.