Now she is in a better place away from the pain and suffering from her brief illness. She was born on November 5, 1954, to Jack and Addie Hinkle in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and graduated high school from Northwest Classen in 1973. She attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and OSU in Stillwater before graduating from UCO (Central State University) with a Bachelors in Marketing.
Sandy and Ron met in 1974 and shortly became best friends and then married on June 14, 1975. From their 43 year marriage, Eric Thomas and Sean Ryan were born. Sandy worked several jobs in the oil and gas industry including Marathon Oil Co. wherein 2002, she transferred to Anchorage, Alaska. Not long after they relocated to Alaska, she retired from Marathon and went to work for the Alaska Railroad and remained there until January 31, 2019, when she retired.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her favorite furry companion, Oreo. Sandy is survived by husband, Ron; son, Eric (Erin) and son, Sean (Heather) and her two sisters Jackie Gordon and Karen Goodner. She is also survived by her greatest joy, grandsons, Leyton, Jameson and Sawyer.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Scleroderma Foundation (Scleroderma.org).
Funeral service will be Thursday, February 28, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery, 13313 N. Kelley Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73131.
