Sandra Cordan

1935 - 2017

Sandra Cordan
July 20,1935 - September 1, 2017
Carmel
On Friday, September 1, 2017, our beloved Sandy Cordan passed away unexpectedly during surgery at Stanford Hospital. She was 82.
Sandra Jo Stone was born on July 20, 1935 in Glendale, California, the youngest child of Evelyn Thomas and John Whitney Stone. Sandy spent her childhood in Salinas, Carmel and then in Pasadena before moving to nearby Manhattan Beach. While attending Mira Costa High School, she would meet and fall in love with Robert Stokoe, the young man seated alphabetically next to her. At age 19, Bob and Sandy married and, soon after, welcomed their children Gary, Glenn, and Connie. In addition to being a busy mom of 3, Sandy devoted many years helping to manage the family business, Rolling Hills Country Day School and Miss Dawn's Swim School.
Sandy loved being a mother, a devoted daughter, and a loving wife. She was active and enjoyed spending time outdoors with the family. Known for her wickedly fun sense of humor, Sandy was blessed with many friends through the years, including lifelong friends Darleen Merryman, Donna Stewart, and Jo Green, who will miss her dearly.
After the end of the marriage in 1983, Sandy moved to Carmel, California, where her father and extended family resided. This was a fresh start for Sandy in a new town. The following year, while looking for an apartment, Sandy met a charming real estate broker, Alan H. Cordan. Love struck again, a romance that would last for 33 years. Sandy and Alan married in 1992, and joined two families into one extended, happy family. The two lovebirds would soon become an active couple that created a welcoming home in Carmel for their children, and for their dachshunds, Oscar and Mayer.
Sandy's family and friends meant the world to her. She kept current with modern technology in order to stay in touch with everyone. She was a woman of tradition and faith who believed in old-fashioned values, loved her country, and was devoted to her family. While her health had recently begun to decline, her spirit and her sense of humor remained as strong as ever.
Sandy was predeceased by her parents, Evelyn and John, and her older sister, Yvonne Wolf.
She is survived by her beloved husband, Alan Cordan, her children Gary Stokoe, Glenn Stokoe (Lee), and Connie Watts (Jeff). She will also be greatly missed by step-children Andy Cordan, Nicole Cordan (Jeff Michael), Holly Cordan (Fernando Alverez), and Melanie Cordan-Young (Brian). Affectionately known as "Gammi" by her 11 grandchildren, Sandy will be especially missed by Jesse, River, Dan, Joe, Zander, Kenzie, Mason, Sophia, Maiwenn, Gavin and Kamila.
Please join us for an ocean side memorial to Sandy on October 15th at 9:00 am, on Carmel Beach, at the bottom of Ocean Ave.
Sandy had a special place in her heart for all animals and believed in supporting the SPCA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that we honor Sandy's memory with a donation to the SPCA or to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.


View the online memorial for Sandra  Cordan