Sandra Lee Wilson

Sandra Lee Wilson, age 55, of Savanna, Illinois died suddenly Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center, Clinton, Iowa. A Funeral Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, with Pastor Tony Hunter of the Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating. Burial will be in Lost Mound Cemetery, rural Hanover, Illinois. Visitation will be held from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2009, and one hour prior to the Service on Wednesday at the Funeral Home. A memorial fund has been established in Sandra’s memory to the American Lung Association.Sandra was born March 21, 1953 in Savanna, the daughter of Donald and Gladys (Ready) Funk. She graduated high school from Broadview Academy, Lafox, Illinois, with the Class of 1971. Sandra then attended Highland Community College, Freeport, Illinois. On March 17, 1974, Sandra married Ronald Wilson in Savanna.Sandra worked as a sales clerk and bookkeeper for the Ben Franklin Store in Savanna for twenty years. She had also worked for Sullivan’s Grocery and Coast-To-Coast Hardware, both in Savanna.She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Savanna. Sandra loved spending time and making crafts with her two granddaughters. She was a very caring Wife, Mother and Grandmother. Sandra also enjoyed cooking for family and friends.Sandra will be dearly missed by her husband, Ronald Wilson of Savanna; her son, Brian Wilson of Savanna; her daughter, Julie and John Brigham of Savanna; her two granddaughters, Hannah and Norah; her parents, Donald and Gladys Funk of Savanna; and her two brothers, Jack Funk of Savanna, and Dale and Carol Funk of Greensboro, Oregon.