SANDY McALLISTER Obituary

McALLISTER, SANDY April 15, 1945 - January 24, 2019 Passed away unexpectedly in Orillia. A beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many, Sandy leaves her daughters Carla (Keith), Colleen, Alana and Adrienne (Chris); grandchildren Keeley-Ann, James, Graeham, Jaiden, Khaydan and Matteo; brother Mac (JoAnne); nieces Christine and Elizabeth, nephews Danny and Andrew; and her cherished dog, Ruby. Music was a huge part of Sandy's life and we hope she's enjoying the best music festival ever. A celebration of Sandy's life will be held on Sunday, February 3rd, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Hugh's Room, 2261 Dundas St. W., Toronto. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Mariposa Folk Festival, http://www.mariposafolk.com/donate/ or the Ontario SPCA, http://support.ontariospca.ca/goto/Sandy_McAllister would be appreciated.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Toronto Star from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, 2019.

Memories and Condolences
for SANDY McALLISTER

2 Entries

Sandy, Gerry and Joanna at Philadelphia Folk Festival

Gerry Hawes

February 1, 2019

Sandy was a wonderful friend and travel companion. The two of us made numerous trips to Philadelphia Folk Festival over the years, spending lots of time together on the road, talking about life, family, music, politics and everything else under the sun. She loved going to Philly and really enjoyed meeting up with our mutual friends down there, especially Joanna Vaughan, who is pictured with Sandy and I in the photo.

I met Sandy about twenty years ago at Mariposa Folk Festival, another one of her passions, and we became fast friends. For the past many years, until she moved to Orillia, Sandy was one of the collection of friends and family that descends upon my place every Mariposa weekend. After her move to Orillia, she continued coming over at the end of each festival day for the 'official debrief', which involves libation, laughter and very late hours.

During the past couple of years, Sandy has been a regular fixture at our place in Orillia, and a good friend to my Mom and neighbour, Peter, both of who recently predeceased her. Sandy will be sadly missed at our family functions and regular Saturday evening dinners.

How you can show support

Notify Me

Get email updates whenever changes are made.

Send flowers

Consider sending flowers.

Add photos

Share their life with photo memories.

Plant trees

Honor them by planting trees in their memory.

Share this page

Invite other friends and family to visit the page.

Anna Fonzo dimichele

January 31, 2019

My prayers are with the family I will be miss her so much she treat me like a sister she will be always in my heart forever say hi to mom a dad for me I have a lot of memories of her it's will be in my heart forever sister rip sandy some day we will meet again

Showing 1 - 2 of 2 results

Memorial Events
for SANDY McALLISTER

To offer your sympathy during this difficult time, you can now have memorial trees planted in a National Forest in memory of your loved one.