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September 19, 1947 – May 15, 2021
Sandra “Sandi” Kay Powers was 73 years old when she died peacefully with her family on May 15, 2021 after a short illness in St. George, Utah.
Sandi was born on September 19, 1947 in Vernal, Utah. Her parents moved from farmland in Illinois to the Rocky Mountain region. Her father worked in oil fields across Wyoming and Utah and moved the family many times due to the demand for oil refining. Sandi spent most of her childhood in Worland and Lander, Wyoming, and eventually Moab, Utah, where she graduated from high school in 1966. After a brief apprenticeship to obtain a professional qualification, she landed in Denver, Colorado, where she enthusiastically entered the travel industry as a reservation agent at Frontier Airlines.
She married her first husband in 1969 and began a life of travel and discovery. They welcomed two daughters and roamed the western states of Colorado, Wyoming, California, Nevada, and Washington. She devoted these years to helping her husband, educating her girls, and traveling the world at every opportunity while working in the real estate and travel industries.
After a divorce, she stayed with her daughters near Seattle until she married her beloved husband Auburn in January 1999 and began her next adventure. She and Auburn soon moved to St. George, Utah, and later moved to Emmett, Idaho to be closer to the family. Looking for warmer places, they ended up in Queen’s Creek, Arizona, until they began their full-time RV lifestyle for four years.
Longing for a home base, they moved back to their favorite area and settled in St. George, where they were surrounded by friends and near jagged rocks and trails to pursue their passion for jeeping and the outdoors.
Sandi loved people and was a master of connections who always made sure no one felt left out. She was known and valued for her planning and organizational skills and is regularly referred to as “the life of the party”. She has touched so many lives through her travels and moving around – a friend to everyone and a mentor to many.
She willingly shared her wisdom and experiences to help others, always defending the outsider, sharing joy, sadness and prayer for everyone who asked – even those she had never met. She was unexcused in standing up for any person, cause, or effort. Her most popular and best known feature was her huge laugh; known to have a personality that took up an entire space. With her loud and unabashed laugh, which she shared openly and frequently with the world, you always knew where to find her.
In addition to her passion for people, Sandi loved traveling, playing cards, doing handicrafts, playing Pepper with her puppy and meeting up with friends. She and Auburn jeeped with friends and clubs across the west, taking on adventures that not even the young and brave people tried. Sandi’s grandchildren were her heart and soul and she looked for every opportunity to visit them. She enjoyed learning every detail of her life and sharing her stories, joys, challenges and adventures.
Sandi has lived life to the fullest and has never turned her back on a precarious matter. No doubt her vibrant soul will continue to seek adventure and watch over her fellow adventurers as she basks in the glory of her master. Look to the sky – here comes Sandi!
Sandi is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Auburn Powers; her brothers Ron and Gary Potts; their children and their spouses Kari and Brian Steadman, Robin and Robbie Marshall, Russ and Cathy Powers, Kathy and Brian Koslan and Sandy Van der Wahl; Grandsons, Paisley, Bailey and Davis Steadman, Heather Powers, Jeff and Kelly Koslan, Tyler Koslan, Tara and Nathan Fralick; Nieces and their families Tami, Ken and Drake Hendrix and Janel, Will, Peyton, Maizie and Hannah Clark; Great-grandchildren, Liam, Ruby, Abigail, Michael, and Dallas, along with numerous friends she called family. Her parents Dean and Hope Potts precede her in death.
Your family would like to acknowledge and thank the incredible nursing team at St. George Regional Hospital, especially their nurses BJ, Austin, and Andy; Social worker, Michelle; and Palliative Care Administrator Mary Helen. Her concentrated patience and compassion supported Sandi and her family on a difficult journey and enabled her to live in peace and dignity.
Funeral services will later be announced on social media, with plans to celebrate Sandi’s full and vibrant life in St. George in the fall of 2021.
Instead of flowers, please consider donating to one of Sandi’s favorite charities:
Keep our ways open. Include “In Memory of Sandi Powers” in the comment box: www.fmca4wheelers.com/donate
The National Police and Trooper Foundation: www.nptadonations.org
Arrangements are made on the direction of Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 S Bluff Street, St. George, Utah, 84770, 435-673-2454. Friends and family are invited to leave a special memory or comment in Sandi’s guest book at www.spilsburymortuary.com
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