Sandy worked as a magazine salesperson and as a bank bookkeeper in Mandan, ND, for 30 years. She also planned, prepared, and served meals to the students and staff of the New Salem (later New Salem-Almont) School District until failing health took away doing what she loved. She enjoyed flowers and plants, reading, watching tennis and The Golden Girls, cooking, baking, and visiting. She died at home from aplastic thyroid cancer.