Sandra Sue Grueser

Sandra (Sandy) Sue (Girod) Grueser, age 83, of Saint Simons Island, passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at her home on Wymberly Drive on Saint Simons Island, Georgia. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 am Tuesday, November 11, 2025 in the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with Heidi Grueser officiating. Interment will follow in Oglethorpe Memorial Gardens.

Sandy was born on March 29, 1942 to Ernest and Ruth (Hartup) Girod in Urbana, Ohio. She grew up in Lebanon, Ohio where she attended Lebanon schools, Lebanon Methodist Church, was a member of Rainbow Girls and was Worthy Advisor. She attended Lebanon schools graduating in 1960, and then attended Ohio University, graduating with a degree in Speech and Hearing Therapy.

Sandy worked at Barney’s hospital in Dayton, Ohio, in the Deaf Nurseries until she married Charles Edward Grueser January 29, 1966.

Sandy was involved with therapy until the birth of her children who then took priority: Amy Dow, Heidi Rene, Charles Edward III (Ted), and Jeremy Girod. She worked in the Reynoldsburg United Methodist Preschool for twelve years with three and four-year-old children. After moving to Saint Simons Island, Georgia in 1996, Sandy continued working for 13 years with the preschoolers in the Wesley United Methodist Preschool.

Sandy was preceded in death by her parents, and her brother Kim.

Sandy is survived by her husband of 59 years, daughters Amy Dow Pitchford (Tom), Heidi Rene Grueser, and sons Charles Edward Grueser III, and Jeremy Girod Grueser (Nikki) , 12 grandchildren Charli Su Neeka Caldwell (Will), Samantha Andino (Natalia), Charles Edward Riley Grueser IV (Miranda), Deklan Grueser, Hannah Loebis (Mica), Elizabeth Harris (J.T.), Mackenzie Pistelli (Tanner), Sophie Grueser, Jonah Grueser, Micah Grueser, Koral Grueser, and Gracie K Grueser, and five great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Monday evening November 10, 2025 from 6 pm until 8 pm at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. www.edomillerandsons.com