Sandra Jane Walters

Walters, Sandra Jane Orlando, FL Sandra Walters 5/14/49 to 1/24/18 On January 24, 2018 Sandie lost her four and a half year battle with invasive breast cancer. Sandie was born in Racine, Wisconsin and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan at a young age. She attended East Christian High School and graduated from Calvin College in 1971. She worked as a teacher until 1978, when she began her career in the travel industry, which she continued until her retirement in 2012. She married her husband, Mark, in 1977 and they lived in the Grand Rapids area until 2017, when they moved to Orlando, Florida. Sandie touched many lives by serving as a mentor to other breast cancer patients. She also enjoyed playing tennis and pickleball, biking, gardening, and bird watching. Sandie is survived by her husband Mark Walters, children: Lindsey Walters, Doug Walters, and Matt Walters, sisters: Lynda (Rick) Neigh and Debra (Pete) Land, and brothers: Steve (Susan) Van Kooten and Dale (Linda) Van Kooten. She was preceded in death by her parents Paul and Charlene Van Kooten. There will be memorial services for Sandie in Florida and Michigan: at Park Lake Presbyterian Church, 309 E Colonial Dr., Orlando, Florida, on February 10 at 2 o'clock and at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 47 Jefferson Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 19 at 3 o'clock. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in remembrance of Sandie to METAvivor (www.metavivor.org). Newcomer Cremations, Funerals and Receptions, Orlando, FL