BERNICE C. SOROKACH

MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE IN BERNICE'S NAME TO: MILTON FIRST AID SQUAD 45 MILTON ROAD MILTON, NJ 07438 VISITATION: SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2023 1-3PM STICKLE-SOLTESZ FUNERAL HOME FUNERAL MASS: LIVE STREAMED: www.facebook.com/ststhomasjohn OR https://venue.streamspot.com/7lcd47d1 MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023 10AM ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE RC CHURCH 5635 BERKSHIRE VALLEY ROAD OAK RIDGE, NJ 07438 INTERMENT: MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023 FOLLOWING FUNERAL MASS ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE CEMETERY ADJACENT TO THE CHURCH Bernice Catherine “Penny” Sorokach, 84, of Oak Ridge, New Jersey, passed away on Monday June 19, 2023. Born on September 3, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Camillus (nee Donnelly) and the late Michael J. Cryne. She married Alfred V. Sorokach, a young Air Force Officer, in 1960, and together they raised their five boys. Penny was an Air Force wife. She spent her life in selfless service to her family, church, community, and country. Mrs. Sorokach worked as a Kindergarten and pre-first teacher at White Rock and Milton Elementary Schools in Jefferson for over 25 years until her retirement in 1998. Penny was a parishioner for many years at St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church in Oak Ridge. and volunteered much of her time with the Milton First Aid Squad, also in Milton as well as the Jefferson Arts Committee. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred V. Sorokach in 2012, her son Daniel Sorokach of Redfield, New York in 2021 and her brother Michael J. Cryne. Penny is survived by four of her five sons, Alexander Sorokach and his wife Denise of Colorado; John Sorokach and Simone of Tempe, Arizona; Dave Sorokach of Colorado and Joe Sorokach and his wife Cindy of Phoenix, Arizona; her six granddaughters, Annalee of South Carolina and Catherine of Arizona, Karen and Alexandra of Colorado, and Helen and Eva of Arizona; and her brother Robert F. Cryne of Nebraska. The family will receive visitors on Sunday, June 25, 2023 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Stickle-Soltesz Funeral Home, 187 LaRue Road, Newfoundland, New Jersey 07435 (for GPS use 1 Post Place, Newfoundland, NJ 07435). The Funeral Mass will take place on Monday, June 26, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church, 5635 Berkshire Valley Road, Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438. Interment will follow at St. Thomas the Apostle Cemetery, adjacent to the church. Online condolences and directions: www.sticklesolteszfuneralhome.com Memorial donations may be made in Bernice’s name to the Milton First Aid Squad, 45 Milton Road, Milton, New Jersey 07438.

BERNICE C. SOROKACH

September 3, 1938 - June 19, 2023