Sarah Woodruff Korn was born on July 9, 1920, in Camden, New Jersey, the second child of Carl Andreas Korn and Jennie Woodruff Korn.  Her remarkable life of service in the nursing profession, of travel, and as a loving friend and aunt ended with her death on January 26, 2025, at the age of 104.  Growing up in Woodbury, New Jersey, with her older brother Carl and her younger sister Anna, she always wanted to be a nurse.  When anyone in the family got sick, Sarah would nurse one of her family of dolls to recovery from the same ailment.  After graduating from Woodbury High School, she attended St. Mary's School in Raleigh, North Carolina, for one year, then entered the nursing program at Pennsylvania Hospital Training School for Nurses, graduating May 15, 1941, with a diploma testifying that that "she has the knowledge, ability, and good character for an efficient nurse..." She continued working at Pennsylvania Hospital while also pursuing a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, receiving her Bachelor of Science in Education on March 4, 1944.

After several years of nursing at Pennsylvania Hospital, she began instructing nursing students in obstetrical nursing.    When Columbia University began offering a master's degree in nursing education, she took advantage of the program, receiving her Master of Arts from the Teachers College of Columbia University in 1960.  After receiving her master's, she took a position instructing obstetrical nursing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  In the 1960s, she moved to Baltimore and began teaching in the nursing program at the Community College of Baltimore County.  She would later work to expand the nursing program to the Catonsville branch of CCBC.     She also pursued evening studies at Johns Hopkins University, receiving a Certificate in Education in 1970.

In Maryland, Sarah drew to her an extensive network of friends, from the neighboring couple who helped entertain visiting nieces and nephews to the nursing friends who regularly lunched together well after retirement.  Her neighbor, Jean Hicks, served as the nurse at the Pimlico Racetrack, so Sarah joined her for the running of the Preakness on many occasions.  She served on the Altar Guild of Epiphany Episcopal Church.  She continued to worship with that parish when it merged with St. Timothy's to become St. Francis Episcopal Parish in Timonium.

Throughout her life, Sarah was "on call" for her family: helping care for her sister's children during Anna's husband's extensive overseas assignment, caring for her aging parents, helping her nephew Carl and niece Sally raise their children, and traveling the families of nieces and nephews. Traveling with Sarah was a delight because of her broad range of interests, her willingness to accommodate the interests of others, her enjoyment of the youngsters, and her enthusiasm for beauty and adventure.  Her wry sense of humor and a no-nonsense attitude made her both a favorite aunt for her young nieces and nephews and one that was generally obeyed.

Her on-call talents continued throughout the decades until her very last day as she listened, advised, entertained, and served as the family nexus.  She was an engaged and informed conversationalist on books, travel, family news, career challenges, and especially medical issues.  She could provide a valuable second opinion, suggestions on diagnosis or treatment options, and, most importantly, act as a caring and interested listener when medical issues arose.

Her love of the beach began with family trips to the Jersey shore.  In the following years, a trip to the beach was not complete without Aunt Sarah's company in the surf, under the umbrella, and at the card table. She would continue to body-surf into her eighties.

In 1995, she retired from her long career and moved to a cottage at the Broadmead Life Plan Community in Cockeysville, MD, becoming a vital part of that community for the remainder of her life.  She formed new friendships at Broadmead while continuing to gather with her family for cards, meals, visits, and travel.  She especially delighted in holiday gatherings with her extended family and visits from great-grandniece Waverly, whose art and stories never failed to brighten her day.  The staff at Broadmead provided excellent care in those last few years when she needed assistance.  Carl and Myla Korn, along with Carl and Nancy Shea, and Gretchen Shea, were exceptionally supportive, ensuring that her personal, medical, and financial matters were taken care of and that there were books available on her iPad for her to enjoy.

Sarah is survived by her seven nieces and nephews, Sarah Shea Potts, Carl G. Shea (spouse Nancy), Courtney W. Shea, M. Gretchen Shea, Carl W. Korn (spouse Myla), Jennie Korn Geisler, and Priscilla Korn Argentine; by her grandnieces and nephews, Sean C. Potts, Katie Potts Sholty (spouse Robert), Sarah Korn Elwell (spouse Mike ), Kevin Korn (spouse Audrey), Christine S. Thompson, Carolyn R. Thompson, Peter Argentine, Christopher Argentine, Grace Geisler (spouse Lila Scott), and Emerson Geisler; and by her great-grandniece and nephew, Waverly Elwell, and Shea R. Sholty.

A memorial service will be held in the Auditorium at  Broadmead Retirement Community, 13801 York Road, Cockeysville, Maryland 21030 on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 1 p.m. Sarah's wish was that memorial tributes be in the form of charitable contributions to St. Francis Episcopal Parish , the Broadmead Residents' Fund , macular degeneration research (such as BrightFocus Foundation ), or a charity of choice.