In the first hour of December 15, 2021 Sallie Theresa Bloss, nee Sherkness, died at Culpeper Health and Rehabilitation Center in Culpeper, VA After completing 103+ trips around the sun. Sallie was born on April 17, 1918 in Shenandoah, PA. She was the daughter of John and Amelia Sherkness, nee Daubshinski, John emigrated from Lithuania/Russia to the United States to escape conscription into the Tsar's army in the early 1900s. Five years later John was able to save enough money to bring his wife Amelia and two daughters, Albina and Bernice to the United States. Sallie attended the former J. W. Cooper high school in Shenandoah, having to quit after the 9th grade to go to work in the local garment industry. Sallie was of the Roman Catholic faith and a life long member of St. George Lithuanian Catholic Church in Shenandoah. Sallie was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Theodore Calvin Bloss; three sisters Albina Tunilla, Bernice Smith, Anna Sherkness and one brother Joseph Sherkness. She is survived by her son, Robert Chester "Ted" Bloss and wife Frances Bloss, nee Forrest of Culpeper, VA; two grandchildren Joan Bloss Jenkins of Annapolis, MD, Theodore Francis Bloss and wife Karin Bloss, nee LeRoy of Arlington VA; and five great grandchildren, Patrick Daniel Jenkins and wife Danya Murali of Frederick, MD, David Matthew Jenkins of Gaithersburg, MD, Mark Robert Jenkins of Laurel MD, Nathan Alexander Bloss of Arlington, VA, and Madelyn Grace Bloss of Arlington, VA. A funeral service and burial will be in Shenandoah, PA on June 16, 2022 at the convenience of the family. Walukiewicz-Oravitz Fell Funeral Home, 132 South Jardin Street, Shenandoah is assisting the family with arrangements.