Sarah Jane Lindsay

Sarah Jane (Ackerman) Lindsay, 78, of Potomac Falls, VA, passed away on Wednesday, June 6, 2018.



Born on April 13, 1940 in Hope, MI she was the daughter of the late Wm. Clifford and Audrey Henry Ackerman. She is survived by her loving husband of 57 years, Larry A. Lindsay, of Potomac Falls, VA; son Dr. Larry A. Lindsay II (Leanne), of Wendell, NC; daughter Jill Bost (Eric), of Leesburg, VA; and five grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters and their spouses: Elaine and Neil Chapman, of Auburn, MI and Susannah and Marion (Mick) Ten Hoor, of Grand Rapids, MI.

Sarah was born and raised in Hope Township, MI where she attended Hope Baptist Church. She graduated from Midland High School in 1957. She attended Grand Rapids Baptist Bible College (now Cornerstone University). She then worked four years as a medical assistant in Midland for Dr. Meisel, a job she loved and talked about frequently. In 1961 she married her high school sweetheart, Larry Lindsay, also of Hope, prior to his senior year at Central Michigan.

In 1962, after Larry’s graduation and commissioning in the US Army Corps of Engineers, they moved to Ft Benning, GA. Sarah was a proud Army wife for twenty-one years. During that time Larry, Sarah and their children, lived in Georgia, California, Michigan, Nebraska, Germany and Virginia. When Larry was in Thailand (1965/66) and Vietnam (1968/69), Sarah and the children returned to Michigan. The family settled in Fairfax and later Fairfax Station, VA for the end of Larry’s military career and his second career with TRW/Northrup Grumman. Sarah and Larry moved to Falcons Landing in Potomac Falls, VA in 2011. She enjoyed her great friends on the Mezzanine of Building 5, where Sarah and Larry lived. Sarah moved to the Johnson Center at Falcons Landing, May 2017.

Throughout her life and wherever she lived, Sarah was very active in the churches and chapels she attended. Starting with her work with the Children’s Bible Hour in Grand Rapids, she loved sharing the Gospel with children. Sarah taught and directed Vacation Bible Schools, volunteered in AWANA, helped in the nursery and served on various committees. In 1977, she was the President of the Protestant Women of the Chapel in Bad Kreuznach, Germany.

Sarah’s primary focus was her children; therefore, she worked several part-time positions for most of Larry’s military career. Later she worked for 10 years in the IRA Department at Continental Federal Savings Bank in Chantilly.

Sarah loved her grandchildren and had fun watching them participating in the activities things they enjoy like playing music, swimming, basketball, baseball, softball and football.