Sandra L. ""Sandy"" Gibbs

ALTHAUS, ARMSTEAD, DUFOE, ELLIOTT, GIBBS, KIRK, LATHAM

Posted By: Cindy Marshall (email)
Date: 12/2/2021 at 22:26:28

Sandra L. ""Sandy"" Gibbs, 74, of Independence died on Thursday morning, August 12, 2021, at Buchanan County Health Center in Independence.

Funeral services will be held starting at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, August 16, at Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, with Pastor John Sheda officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday and for one hour before the service on Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, rural Oelwein. There will be a reception at Living Water Church in Independence following the graveside service.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, masks are suggested.

Sandra Lee Althaus was born on February 14, 1947, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the daughter of William Carl Althaus II and Bertha Louise (Elliott) Althaus. The family moved to Independence, where Sandy graduated from St. John's Catholic High School with the class of 1965. In 1966, Sandy married Ronald Edward Latham, and four children were born to this union – Traci, Brian, Amy, and Tammy. Sandy and Ron later divorced.

Sandy worked in the food industry at Michael's Station House, Paradise Donuts, the Shamrock, and Pop-A-Top Redemption. She was a member of Living Water Church in Independence.

Sandy is survived by her mother, Bertha Althaus of Independence; four children, Traci (Bob) Armstead, Brian Latham, Amy Kirk (special friend Earl Soper), and Tammy (Doran) Dufoe, all of Independence; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a brother, Bill (Lisa) Althaus III of Virginia; and many nieces, nephews, and in-laws.

Sandy was preceded in death by her father, Bill, in November 2002.

See the online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com.