Sandra Louise Summers, age 55, of 8 High Street, Mystic, formerly of Old Saybrook, died peacefully Saturday at Bayview Health Center in Waterford after a brief illness.
Sandra was born in Huntingdon, PA the daughter of John Harrison Summers and Steinie Louise (Bowser) Summers. Raised in new Oxford, she attended New oxford Elementary School and was a 1964 graduate of New Oxford High School and was later a graduate of Webber College.
Sandra was an accomplished artist and photographer who helped run the Noank Art Exhibition and also taught art lessons on the Mystic Whaler called “Art under Sail”.
Her family includes two daughters, Neile Shea Royston and Liza Summers Shea.
A service for Sandra will be conducted at Noank Baptist Church on Thursday at 2pm. A reception will follow at the Chester Latham House (at the foot on Main Street) in Noank. There is no visitation. Private burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Multiple Myeloma Foundation, 3 Forest Street, New Canaan CT 06840 or the American Cancer Society,238 West Town Street, Norwich CT 06360.