Sandy was born on December 27, 1946 to the late Florence McDonie in Huntington, West Virginia. She grew up in Ironton Ohio and moved to Columbus when she was in her teens. Graduated from North High School in 1964. She was a secretary to Dr. Walter Harvey at The Ohio State University where she meet his son Jerry Harvey. On September 12, 1970 she married him. Sandy transferred to Ohio University in Athens while Jerry attended school there. She returned to Columbus where she started her family.
Sandy was a loving wife and mother. After her boys were born, Sandy stayed home and took care of them. She became a den mother while Josh and Jeremy were in Boy Scouts. Sandy would later become a proud lunch lady at Northland High School. She was an avid Buckeye fan. She was a devoted Christian. She loved to travel. Her husband and boys would travel all over the United States. Grand Canyon, many national parks, and even England just to name a few places they visited. Her favorite would be any beach. She could spend hours collecting sea shells.
In addition to her mother, Sandy is also preceded in death by her brother, James McDonie.
Sandy is survived by her loving husband, Jerry Harvey; her sons, Jeremy (Jody Merritt) Harvey and Joshua Harvey; her sister, Patricia Daughtry; her sister-in-law and best friend, Sandra McDonie; her niece, Carla Daughtry; and many more nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews.
Family will accept friends from 2:00pm to 3:00pm on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at Advantage by Schoedinger North, Columbus where a Memorial service will follow at 3:00pm.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Boy Scouts of America at https://donations.scouting.org/#/national or Worthington Christian Church at 8145 N High St, Worthington, OH 43085 or at https://worthingtoncc.org/give.
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