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Sarah Jane Rockhold, Born Feb 15, 1937 in Bryan, Ohio to Margaret"Peg" Crawford and H. Merrill Shaeffer went home on July 25,2003. Sarah was a community volunteer, and firearms activist, most recently testifying for concealed carry at the New Mexico Legislature. She was a Cub Scout Den Mother for both sons, team follower for Y AFL, and traveled many miles to cheer both sons while they participated in Belen High School sports. As a Benefactor Member of the National Rifle Association, she carried her interest in youth and gun safety forward by becoming the New Mexico Coordinator of the Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Program. During the last 10 years she brought the simple 4 point gun safety message ("Stop, Don't Touch, Leave the Area, and Tell an Adult") to almost 300,000 elementary age children in the state. Her favorite movie was"The Cowboys" starring John Wayne. She attended Ohio State University where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. She subsequently graduated from the College of Santa Fe with a Bachelors Degree in Managerial Psychology and retired from Valley Improvement Association as Director of Safety and Security after 21 years. Earlier this month she and her husband Paul returned from a mission trip to Peru with Calvary Chapel of Rio Grande Valley where she assisted with Bible School in a jungle community. She is survived by her husband Paul of 46 years, sons Greg and wife Debbie, John and wife Judy, grandchildren Tiffany, Jennifer, Jordan, Zachary, and Trevor Rockhold (all of Albuquerque). Sisters Marilyn Martin (Frank), Ruth Ann Ebright- Lare. sister-in-law Judy Davis ({Tom) all of Ohio), and many Calvary Chapel Rio Grande Va,lley, Pilot International, and National Rifle Association friends. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to be sent to the Pitas International Foundation, P.O. Box 4844, Macon, Ga. 31208 or the NRA Foundation, 11250 Waples Mi" Rd.. Fairfax, VA, 22030. Memorial Service will be held at Calvary Chapel in Belen, NM Wednesday July 30, at 4 p.m. Arrangements by Direct Funeral Services, 2919 4th ST NW. Albuq. 505-343-8008.
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