Sandra Ruth Egerer

Egerer, Sandra Ruth Of Park Ridge, IL, passed away on December 2, 2006 in Skokie, IL, as a result of cancer. Sandy was born August 1, 1948 in Port Washington, WI to Clarence and Agnes (Watry) Egerer, the second of their eleven children. She graduated from Hamilton High School in Sussex, WI in 1966 and from WI State University-Whitewater in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. She taught students in Waukesha and Milwaukee, WI; in St Thomas and St. John in the US Virgin Islands; and from 1985-1990 in Namibia, Africa, where she went to assist with the consolidation of Baha'i communities. Sandy was a devoted member of the Baha'i Faith since becoming a Baha'i in 1973 in Waukesha, WI. She served on local Baha'i Assemblies in WI and IL, as a national convention delegate, and on national and local Assemblies and committees in the Virgin Islands and Namibia. Since 1998, Sandy worked in the Office of Community Administration at the Baha'i National Center in Evanston, IL. She is survived by her brother William Egerer of Kenosha, WI and 8 sisters: Audrey (Don) Lucier of Milwaukee, WI, Carol (Tom) Houston of Neenah, WI, Joanne (Forrest) Hafer of CO, Mary Piver of TN, Shirley (John) Bradt of Menomonee Falls, WI, Pat Scharhag of West Bend, WI, Connie (Russell Grosse) Egerer of OR, and Jane Winsor of Germantown, WI; 24 nieces and nephews; 4 great-nieces and nephews and countless other relatives and friends whom she dearly cherished. She was preceded in death by her sister Sharon Egerer and her parents. Visitation with family and friends will be on Saturday, December 9 from 10-11AM at the Ryan-Parke Funeral Home, 120 S. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL. A Baha'i funeral service will be held at 11AM, followed by burial at the Town of Maine Cemetery. Baha'is are invited to donate to one of the Baha'i Funds in her memory. Other loved ones may wish to give memorials to their favorite charity.