SANDRA DAWSON 1940 to 2011

DAWSON, HOWARD, SHERMAN

Posted By: James Mincks (email)
Date: 8/21/2011 at 17:07:55

Sandra Dawson, 71, died Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. She was born July 21, 1940 in Des Moines to William and Lois Howard. She taught fifth and sixth grades at Perkins Elementary. She was very passionate about her teaching career.

Sandra is survived by her loving husband, Claude; her son, David Dawson; her daughter, Kris Sherman; and her granddaughter Elizabeth Sherman. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Ruth.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, August 22, 2011, at Hamilton's near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th Ave., with burial to follow at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. Family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, August 21, 2011 at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Camp Fire at 5615 Hickman Road, Des Moines, Iowa 50310 in loving memory of Sandra.

Online condolences may be made to www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

taken from the Des Moines Sunday Register, August 21, 2011; Metro section, page 9B, column 6.