EAST STROUDSBURG – Mary Jane (Zimmerman) Sattazahn, an All-America field hockey athlete at East Stroudsburg University and 1988 inductee to the ESU Athletics Hall of Fame, passed away on January 25, 2021 at the age of 89.
She was an All-America selection as a goalkeeper for the Warriors in 1952 and 1953, and also played basketball and softball. A 1953 graduate, she later competed internationally on the United States national field hockey team.
Mary Jane, or know by many as Coach, taught dancing, health and physical education, and coached field hockey, basketball and softball. She taught at Cornwall Lebanon High School (now known as Cedar Crest), Brandywine Heights High School, ESU, and lastly at Lebanon Junior High School. She was ESU's field hockey coach in 1959. She was also one of the first 35 women to attain the rank of International Official for Field Hockey, and refereed many international matches.
She married later in life to the late Herbert E. Sattazahn. Born in Fredericksburg, Pa., on March 26, 1931, Mary was the daughter of the late Warren E. and Luella Werner Zimmerman, and had four brothers and two sisters. She was preceded in death by her brothers Robert, James, and Edward Zimmerman, sister Thelma (Zimmerman) Shearer, and two great grandchildren: Joeli Grace Dougherty and Jason Asher Strangarity. Mary leaves behind a sister Patricia Zimmerman of Palm Coast, Fl., and a brother Frederick Zimmerman of Cleona, Pa.
Mary Jane is survived by her daughter Marilou (Lou) Jo Zimmerman Strangarity and her husband Dr. Joseph William Strangarity; six grandchildren; and thirteen great grandchildren. Abigail and husband Sean Dougherty and their five children: Seana, Sadie, Joeby, Jemma, and Jesse Dougherty; Rebekah Strangarity; Michael (Misha) Strangarity; Casey and her husband Malcolm Banks and their three children: Carter, Cayson, and Macy Banks; Joseph Asher Strangarity and his wife Genevieve Hagstrom-Strangarity and their two children: Genevieve Jolene and Giovanni Strangarity; and Natalie and her husband Corey Trupe and their three children: Scott, Avery, and Baby Trupe. Mary Jane was an active member of Fredericksburg United Methodist Church her entire life.
A graveside service will be held on June 5, 2021 at 11 am at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Pa. To send the family online condolences visit us at www.groffeckenroth.com. Arrangements by Eckenroth Home for Funerals, Terre Hill.
