Sandra Wright, age 79, of Sheboygan passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022, at Sharon S. Richardson
Community Hospice.
She was born in Sheboygan on August 22, 1943, to the late Stanley and Delores (Derus) Gehr. She
attended St. Dominic School and graduated from Sheboygan North High School, class of 1961. After
high school, Sandra attended the Career Academy in Milwaukee, later MATC and LTC as well as taking
many other classes throughout her life. When the boys were older, she worked at different art galleries
and gift shops in the Milwaukee and Sheboygan area before retiring as the executive assistant for
Carpenters Union 731 in Sheboygan.
On July 20, 1963, Sandra married Harold (Bud) Wright. He always kept her laughing and showed her the
world. Sandra always considered her greatest achievement to be her three wonderful sons. It was an
amazing blessing to be a stay-at-home mother and watch them grow.
Sandra was a longtime volunteer as a cub and Girl Scout leader, a member of the Mequon-Thiensville
Junior Women’s Club, holding several offices, and particularly proud of starting the first recycling center
in Ozaukee County along with the establishment of Carpenter Park in Mequon. She also held several
offices as a member of Junior League of Milwaukee.
Always interested in learning new things, Sandra loved traveling, especially cruising with some favorites
being Greece, Turkey, South America, the Baltic Sea, the Caribbean, and Cuba. She also enjoyed several
additional trips to Europe, Canada and plus much of the United States. She loved gardening and flower
arranging, cooking, entertaining, antiquing, decorating for the holidays, doing crossword puzzles, bird
watching and playing Solitaire on the computer.
Sandra is survived by her husband, Harold; by her sons, Christopher of Sheboygan, Michael (life partner
Amy Golic) of Colorado Springs, CO, and Carson (Barbra) of Port Washington; grandchildren, Robin
(Scott) Reineking, Thomas (Nicole) Wright, Makenzi Wright, Aidan and Corinne Wright; great-
granddaughter, Lesley Reineking; a brother David (Beckie) Gehr and a sister Stacie (John) Porten.
A Memorial Mass for Sandra will be held at 1:00 PM on Monday, October 10, 2022, at St. Dominic
Catholic Church, 2133 N 22 nd St. in Sheboygan with Fr. Norberto Sandoval officiating. Family will greet
visitors on Monday at church from 11:00 AM until the time of mass.
Memorials can be made in Sandra’s name to the COPD Foundation.
The family would like to thank the caring and compassionate staff at Sharon S. Richardson Community
Hospice and Dr. Bryan Schmitt, MD, of Aurora Sheboygan.
To leave an online condolence for the family, please visit www.zimmerfuneralhome.com
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