Sally Ann McFadden, 67, Luverne, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001, at Hospice Cottage in Luverne.
Sally Hahn was born to James and Ruth Naomi (Cogley) Pendleton on Sept. 19, 1934, in Sioux City, Iowa. The family settled in Hartington, Neb., where she graduated from high school in May 1952.
She married Joseph Arnette McFadden on Jan. 7, 1956, at Hartington Holy Trinity Church in Hartington. The couple lived in Omaha, Neb., Iowa, Minneapolis and St. Peter before moving to Luverne.
She received her associate of arts degree in business from Worthington Community College. She worked as a legal secretary for Robert L. Mabee Law Offices in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Mrs. McFadden's greatest devotion and contribution was to The Theater, as a "founding mother" of Green Earth Players in 1978, and as she continued to nurture this now well-established and award-winning community theater group in various capacities, including artistic director, board president, producer, costume and prop master and actress. She was an active participant, supporter and leading organizer for numerous local organizations and events, including Girl Scouts, Buffalo Days, teaching swimming and aquarobics and many arts organizations. She was also active at St. Catherine Catholic Church for many years.
Survivors include her stepmother, Serine Hahn (Flom) Silbert, Hartington; her ex-husband, Joe McFadden, Brooklyn Center; five children, Julia Sarah McFadden, Ann Marie McFadden, Patrick Joseph McFadden and Timothy James McFadden, all of Minneapolis, and Maggie (Margaret Jean) McFadden, Bozeman, Mont.; one sister, Rosa Ayer, Seattle, Wash.; numerous in-laws, nieces and nephews; families of McFadden, Noecker, Rosenbach, OÕGara, Lipinksi, Burbach and Hahn; and Carla White, New York, N.Y.
Mrs. McFadden was preceded in death by her parents, stepfather, Eddie Aaron Silbert; one brother, "Bud" Hahn, and a half-sister, Connie Voznica.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.