Kathleen Marie Sands

Safe travels.

I was thinking of Kay and realized I hadn't heard from her in a long time, so went to her Facebook page and saw the notice from Brian. I really enjoyed Kay's company and admired her so much. So sorry for your loss Brian and Teryl and family. Nan Devlin

I can only say GOODBYE dear friend.
You were one person I knew so little about, yet, learned to love and respect very much.
Even the little greetings, jokes and/or quotes we exchanged at times were with love, respect and much admiration.
I am going to miss you given the fact that I can no longer send you a good joke, an exotic African dance video or audio song.
Rest in peace and say something nice about us to THE BIG ONE just as we shall continue praying for you for a good rest in...

Kay's gift to me was her mentorship and support when I first came to ASU as junior faculty. She was also instrumental in bringing me to ASU, which I didn't learn until later. She was a formidable colleague with a no-nonsense approach. I respected her and her work in Native American lit and Native Women's lit, having been one of the first professors to teach Native Lit in the English department and probably in the SW.
To support female graduate students, she held pot luck...

Kay's gift to me was her mentorship and support when I first came to ASU as junior faculty. She was also instrumental in bringing me to ASU, which I didn't learn until later. She was a formidable colleague with a no-nonsense approach. I respected her and her work in Native American lit and Native Women's lit, having been one of the first professors to teach Native Lit in the English department and probably in the SW.
To support female graduate students, she held pot luck...

Kay was a wonderful colleague in the English Dept at ASU. She knew people throughout the university and was very deeply respected. Many's the time when I'd be chatting with someone from another dept and they'd ask if I knew Kay Sands and ask me to say hello. She was a rigorous and very fair dissertation advisor and her books were, each one of them, excellent. Her last book, "Telling a Good One," with the U of AZ press, about storytelling, was entirely based on interviews, at which she was a...

It won't seem like summer without Kay here to make her pilgrimage to her parents' old home in Tolovana. That's where she was staying when we first met. She brought the kids up every summer to cool off and spend time with their grandparents: beachcombing, cutting firewood and hearing a million stories, I'm sure.
Her cousin Jim (who drove her crazy) brought her down to our house in Manzanita around 1978 and we've remained friends over all those years. That's one thing you could always say...

I had the great pleasure to meet Professor Sands in the last year. She had a true intellect tempered by compassionate humility. She will be missed.

What can I say about Kay? There was truly no better friend, no matter what she always had my back. Kay and I did so many things together, we rode horses, we spent time with sheep, we traveled to Greece, we played cards, we read, and we talked and talked about everything both important and trivial. We both loved Border Collies, I found Tessa for her along with Gracie who died here at our ranch and was unable to return to Kay as did Tessa. I do miss her, and will miss her every day. I'm...