Louise Sandra Williams

Sandy was born March 8th, 1941, to Joseph J Moscoe and Julia Pavilshin Moscoe in Lansford, PA where she grew up with her four older brothers. She graduated from Lansford High School in 1958 and met her first husband Art, shortly thereafter. They married two years later and settled in nearby Cresco, PA. One year later their first son was born and over the next eleven years, two more sons and two daughters joined the family. Much like her own childhood, their home was filled with love and faith.

If you had the pleasure of meeting Sandy, you were always greeted with the most amazing smile, that made you feel loved instantly. Her mantra to her daughter Shirley was this; there is no point in walking around with a frown, when you could just as easily make it a smile. Words to live by. Sandy’s faith was unwavering from the day she was born and her devotion to the Catholic Church and God was something that carried her through in life and in death.

Sandy found love again and married Don in 1997 in PA. They decided to escape the cold winters and moved to Florida where they enjoyed the warmth, the sun and of course all the visitors from the North. Her happy place was being in the pool and then eventually teaching water aerobics to the neighborhood ladies. When her husband passed in 2023, she made the decision to be close to her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her greatest joy was becoming Grammy and then eventually GG. Her memories spent with them in Florida, Pennsylvania and New York were as important to her as they were to her grandsons and her great grandchildren.

These last three years spent with her daughter and son-in-law brought her much joy, as well as memories she never thought were possible. Boating and swimming on Skaneateles Lake, watching great grandkids playing baseball, traveling back to her hometown in PA or even visiting the pumpkin patch just one week before she passed.

Although the ones she has left behind will miss her dearly, she has been reunited with her three children that have been waiting for her, with open arms.

She is survived by her cherished daughter, Shirley (Phil) Ricklefs of Skaneateles, NY; son, Kyle Jumper of PA; brother, Joseph Moscoe of Grand Island, NY; sister-in-law, Nina Moscoe of Grand Island; four beloved grandsons, Chris Jumper of South Bridge, Massachusetts, Kyle (Lisa) Dunlap of Bethlehem, PA, Tyler (Liz) Dunlap of Skaneateles, NY, Jonathan Ricklefs of Skaneateles, NY; five treasured great-grandchildren, Josh, Eli, Jaxton, Carter and Mackenzie; and many loving nieces and nephews. Her in laws from her second marriage, Jane Williams and John (Deena) Williams, step-son Kevin (Paula) Williams and their children Zacchaeus, Ruth, Lydia. Additionally, her furgranddaughters, Abbey and Bailey will miss her dearly.

She was predeceased by her first husband Arthur “Art” Jumper, and their children Kevin, Shelley and Kenny Jumper. Her husband Don Williams, brothers, Donald (Glenda) Moscoe, Euguene (Marie) Moscoe, Ronald Moscoe, sister-in-law Rita Moscoe and from her second marriage, brother-in-law Richard Williams.

A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 4th, at Most Holy Trinity Parish, in Cresco, PA. A reception will follow at Carrazza’s, and all are welcome to attend. Immediately after there will be a private burial. The service will be live streamed on the church website; www.mht-poconos.org.