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Jeff Welsh

Growing up with the Garrett family I have many fond memories of the time we spent together. Mrs. Garrett was always very generous with her hospitality, time and friendship. My heartfelt condolences to George, Robin and Uncle Bruce.

Jeff

Added on April 25, 2017
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Nancy B. Emch

I am so sorry to hear of Sandys' death. Carolyn Nestrick and I helped her with filling in the holes of the National Equipment Catalogs. We sent her quite a few of our copies, including the Brownie catalogs, of all of our catalogs. We almost had complete sets. It was a great sharing experience. I am not a computer person but Sandy filled that void for many older girl scouts. I am sure she is teaching Juliette and all the other scouts how to work with a computer and that we are working very hard to keep the first 100 years of Girl Scouting remembered in the future.

Nancy B. Emch

Added on March 21, 2017
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I worked with Sandy on the Girl Scout uniform inventory sheets. I had the easy illustrating job, she and the others did all the hard sorting and research. I loved that she used a child's drawing for her Facebook profile. I enjoyed meeting her at the Swap meet in GSEP. My best wishes to her family and friends.

Merana Cadorette

Added on March 19, 2017
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A True Girl Scout

I met Sandy more than two decades ago at GS Center Edith Macy. From that time forward SAndy lived the Promis and Law. She did her best, She was helpful, considerate, kind, honesty, loyal. ANd as the exemplary Scout and woman that she was - She left this world better than she found it!

'Angel in Green
Having left mortal earth, I passed through Heaven's Gate
And while anxiously awaiting the outcome of my fate
I walked among the Angels all robed in purest white
Whereupon I saw one figure which cast a greenish light.

She sat upon a misty cloud, a harp held to her breast
In a flowing, blowing gown of green unlike all the rest;
I asked what great deed she'd done to earn the special hue
That gave her color where others had none, or maybe just a few.

She said "On earth I sought no fame, fortune was not my goal,
I shunned the power of politics and worked without a toll;
I spent my time with children, helping them to grow
For as you reap in life, so must you learn to sow."

"You see...", she said, "the dividends while growing up I'd share
I returned where many others were too self-involved to care.
Girl Scouting was my choice of roads to follow in my quest
For among the girls I found a love deeper than the rest."

"A teacher was I, my work was hard, I had no diploma or pay
But where family and institutions failed, I help show them the way.
The lessons I taught were obscure and difficult to see
For they didn't have names like 'spelling', 'math' or 'geometry'."

"They were lessons in life delivered through guided experience
And they taught such things as character, spirit, and confidence.
Though on earth my life was blessed, it's even more so today
For when I look down I see my work as my girls show others the way."

"On earth Girl Scouting taught me to leave things better than before
And the same applies to that mortal place where life never was a bore.
Now having lived by that Girl Scouting rule in every earthly endeavor
I have become an Angel in green and shall be a Girl Scout forever."

© Shirley Rhodes, The Patch Corner 1986
Rights to duplication and publication not for profit are granted to any registered Girl Scouts

Julie Lineberry

Added on March 17, 2017
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A true Sister to Girl Scouting

I never met Sandy face-to-face and I really wish I could have but as an 'email buddy' we were good friends. Her work ethic has never ceased to amaze me. Her dedication to keeping GS history alive was something to behold. Memories of her attention to detail, love of computers, querky sense-of-humor, and her true love of Girl Scouting will always remain in my heart. She was the one who coordinated the scanning of the GS catalogs that are now the base of the GS Catalogs website. She tireously continued to contribute. A true sister in Girl Scouting - I will miss her.

Hug a GS sister in honor of Sandy ... ♥

Amanda
Saint Louis, Missouri

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Added on March 17, 2017
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