Sandra K. Lerch, 84, of Salisbury, MD, formerly of Myerstown, PA, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, at Bay Harbor Post Acute Care in Salisbury. She was the wife of the late John H. Lerch.
Born in Lebanon, PA, on Feb. 5, 1942, she was the daughter of the late David and Martha (Brownsberger) Shirk.
She is survived by her children, Michelle, and her late husband, O’dell Burton, of Salisbury, MD, Celeste, and her husband, Roger Sansom, of Eden, MD, David Ziara Jr., of Choctaw, OK, and Michael Ziara, and his late wife, Rhodora Ziara, of Choctaw, OK; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, Kenneth and David Shirk Jr.; and sisters, Norma Kohr and Cynthia Chapin.
Graveside service and interment will be at Walmer’s Union Cemetery, Indiantown Gap, at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. A procession will be leaving the Kreamer & Lum Funeral Home & Crematory, Jonestown, at 1:30 p.m.
