In Memory

Sandra Sherman



 
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02/05/15 08:24 AM #1    

Joyce Baker (Decker)

Sad to learn of Sandy's passing. We were good friends in our Garrettford days. I always remembered that her birthday was two days after mine in November. Rest in peace Sandy.


02/05/15 12:40 PM #2    

Patricia Norsworthy (Menig)

So sorry to hear about Sandy's passing. My best memory of Sandy was she tried in vain to teach me Hebrew & introduced me to the Jewish faith while at Garrettford which was really different from my Catholicism.


02/06/15 07:23 PM #3    

Pat Evans (Montgomery)

So sorry to hear of Sandy's passing.  I remember her well In Garrettford Grade School, Drexel Hill Jr. High,  & Upper Darby High School.  May you rest in peace, Sandy.

 


03/18/15 03:08 PM #4    

Michael Bianchi

Sandy's and my families were duplex next door neighbors from the time when she and I were 5 years old.  There are many happy memories there.

We had several comparitive religion discussions.  I attended her bat mitva and her brother's bar mitva.  And she visited one Christmas morning to see all the hubbub.  Our families engaged in competitive tomato plant growing, which the Shermans usually won.

You are missed, Sandy.   Mike

I've posted some obituaries for Sandy provided by her brother Jeffrey and found on the web.

http://www.autoaud.com/Sandra_L_Sherman_obituaries.pdf

http://www.autoaud.com/Sandra_L_Sherman_obituary.pdf

Here is an extract from one:

Sandra L. Sherman (1948-2003)

The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club lost its first woman President and one
of its most dedicated members when Sandra L. Sherman of Glenolden, Pennsylvania
passed away on June 10, 2003. Sandy died unexpectedly of a sudden illness.  She
was only 54.

A life-long resident of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Sandy graduated from
Upper Darby High School and Temple University.  She then began a long
association with the weekly Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia.  There she served
as an increasingly accomplished copy editor for 28 years, perfecting the
editorial abilities that she would put to use so well in the birding world.

Although shown the birds as she grew up, Sandy had only dabbled with watching
them at bird feeders.  Then, in the early 1980's, she really caught the bug and
began rising before dawn for owls on Christmas Counts.

One of the first women to join DVOC in 1983, Sandy became a regular participant
and activist at Club meetings.  She served on Council, was made a Fellow,
became a life member, and then took over and converted the Club's Larus into
the outstanding newsletter it is today.  After serving as the Club's President
in 1996-1997, she redoubled her contributions, assuming the job of editor of
Cassina from 1998 until her death.

Sandy, who never married, was active with a host of bird-related projects, not
only at DVOC but throughout the Delaware Valley.  Sandy loved the people she
met in birding as much as the birds.  Dozens of birders became like an extended
family to her.  She became extremely active at Cape May Bird Observatory
(CMBO). For many years she volunteered as a field trip leader during New Jersey
Audubon spring and fall Cape May weekends, plus helped as a field trip leader
at other times of year in her volunteer capacity as a CMBO Naturalist.  Sandy
edited CMBO's annual journal, the Peregrine Observer , as well as some of
Director Pete Dunne's letters to CMBO members.  She looked forward to
and participated in the Cape May Christmas Counts for many years.

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