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Ruth Isabelle Sandi, age 87 of Wayne, passed peacefully on Sunday, April 5, 2015.
Ruth was born and raised in Easton, PA. Following graduation in 1945 from Easton High School, she went on for further study and became a registered nurse. One day, while working at Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital as what was known as a nurse “probe” or trainee, one of Ruth’s patients was a young gentleman named Joseph Sandi. The nurse trainee and the patient began a beautiful relationship that led to a beautiful marriage that spanned over sixty years.
After the wedding followed by their honeymoon at a New York State resort, the newlyweds settled initially in New York City. Ruth continued serving as a registered nurse until the blessings of children – first a girl named Cheryl followed by a boy named John, led Ruth to focus her attention on being a full-time mom and homemaker. After her children were born her family moved to Wayne in 1957 where Ruth lived out the rest of her life.
Ruth eventually returned to full-time nursing, serving for many more years at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson until retiring in 1983.
Ruth always loved to travel, and she and Joe traveled a lot after Joe retired too – the same year as Ruth. They enjoyed two trips to Europe; first to London, Paris, Rome and Madrid, and later to Italy. They also traveled to Hawaii, Mexico, Canada, Las Vegas, and closer-to-home in Atlantic City. As a member of the Golden Age Club from 1983 to the present, Ruth also took Wayne Parks and Rec sponsored trips to New Orleans, Mount Rushmore as well as an Alaskan cruise.
As much as she enjoyed traveling, Ruth could entertain herself just as well at home. As a young mother, she could often be found outside tilling the soil and watering and caring for her beautiful flower gardens and vegetable gardens. She loved to cook and bake and, although she was a Dutch girl, she made some of the finest Italian dishes with family favorites being lasagna and tomato sauce. For dessert, everyone gave rave reviews to her crullers and shoe-fly-pie, and after all the dishes were clean, you could often find Ruth curled up in a comfortable chair reading a favorite book – most likely a romance novel. On Sunday mornings, Ruth could often be found worshiping at Preakness Reformed Church of Wayne where she had been a long-time faithful member.
Ruth will be remembered as a generous, sweet, caring, loving wife, mother and friend. She was also a good listener with a great sense of humor. If you’d ask her if she needed anything, her usual response was “I’d like a pound of twenty-dollar bills.” FYI: there are 494 twenty-dollar bills in one pound.
Surviving is her beloved husband Joseph; her dear son John and wife Janet of Oak Ridge, her dear daughter Cheryl Bandarek of Vernon; and her brother Robert Loomis of Pottstown, PA. She was predeceased by her sister Grace Nyce.
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All services are private.
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All services are private.
Ruth Isabelle Sandi, age 87 of Wayne, passed peacefully on Sunday, April 5, 2015.
Ruth was born and raised in Easton, PA. Following graduation in 1945 from Easton High School, she went on for further study and became a registered nurse. One day, while working at Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital as what was known as a nurse “probe” or trainee, one of Ruth’s patients was a young gentleman named Joseph Sandi. The nurse trainee and the patient began a beautiful relationship that led to a beautiful marriage that spanned over sixty years.
After the wedding followed by their honeymoon at a New York State resort, the newlyweds settled initially in New York City. Ruth continued serving as a registered nurse until the blessings of children – first a girl named Cheryl followed by a boy named John, led Ruth to focus her attention on being a full-time mom and homemaker. After her children were born her family moved to Wayne in 1957 where Ruth lived out the rest of her life.
Ruth eventually returned to full-time nursing, serving for many more years at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson until retiring in 1983.
Ruth always loved to travel, and she and Joe traveled a lot after Joe retired too – the same year as Ruth. They enjoyed two trips to Europe; first to London, Paris, Rome and Madrid, and later to Italy. They also traveled to Hawaii, Mexico, Canada, Las Vegas, and closer-to-home in Atlantic City. As a member of the Golden Age Club from 1983 to the present, Ruth also took Wayne Parks and Rec sponsored trips to New Orleans, Mount Rushmore as well as an Alaskan cruise.
As much as she enjoyed traveling, Ruth could entertain herself just as well at home. As a young mother, she could often be found outside tilling the soil and watering and caring for her beautiful flower gardens and vegetable gardens. She loved to cook and bake and, although she was a Dutch girl, she made some of the finest Italian dishes with family favorites being lasagna and tomato sauce. For dessert, everyone gave rave reviews to her crullers and shoe-fly-pie, and after all the dishes were clean, you could often find Ruth curled up in a comfortable chair reading a favorite book – most likely a romance novel. On Sunday mornings, Ruth could often be found worshiping at Preakness Reformed Church of Wayne where she had been a long-time faithful member.
Ruth will be remembered as a generous, sweet, caring, loving wife, mother and friend. She was also a good listener with a great sense of humor. If you’d ask her if she needed anything, her usual response was “I’d like a pound of twenty-dollar bills.” FYI: there are 494 twenty-dollar bills in one pound.
Surviving is her beloved husband Joseph; her dear son John and wife Janet of Oak Ridge, her dear daughter Cheryl Bandarek of Vernon; and her brother Robert Loomis of Pottstown, PA. She was predeceased by her sister Grace Nyce.
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