Sally Falkinburg

Sally was born in Warren, Pa., on April 29, 1939, to Raymond Slate and Anna Gray where she lived until moving to SW Florida in 1989.

Sally’s greatest love was her family and she focused her early adult years on raising her three kids with her husband, Frederick. The family spent summer vacations camping where they did it all, tents, pop-up trailers, upright pull behinds andSally Falkinburg

finally Winnebago. Several years found the family at Penn Highlands’ campground for the full summer with Fred commuting to work from there.

Upon relocating to Florida, she started a career in her second love, the outdoors. She became a park ranger for the state of Florida and for many years lived on a Cayo Costa State Park located on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico with few residents other than the local wildlife.

Sally was a homebody but when her family convinced her to travel, she embraced all it had to offer and did rafting in Alaska, ziplining in Jamaica, cave tubing in Belize and many outings from the various Caribbean cruises the family enjoyed. She was always ready to go if it meant spending time with her grandsons.

Sally is survived by her brother, Tom (Phyllis) Slate; and her three children: Patrick (Lori Ann) Falkinburg, Brigid Fahey, and Kathleen (Keith) Locklin. Her three grandsons,: Christopher (Maggie) Falkinburg, Sean Falkinburg, and Ethan Locklin brought her great joy. She was also graced with many nieces and nephews who enriched her life as they grew up.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Frederick; four infant children’ her parents’ and her brother, James Slate.

Services will be held in Warren, Pa., later this year and she will be buried next to her husband in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.