Following her high school graduation, Sandy worked for the State of Michigan Department of Health as a secretary and telephone operator. On June 28, 1957, Sandy was united in marriage to William (Bill) Buhro. After raising her three children to school age, she worked in a number of school secretarial jobs and finished her career in the personnel department of Comstock Public Schools.
Sandy enjoyed music, especially gospel music. She sang in church trios and with the Kalamazoo Oratorio Society for several years, which gave her the opportunity to sing in Carnegie Hall, in Prague and Brno, Czech Republic, and in Austria.
Throughout her life, Sandy enjoyed spending time with family, eating out, working picture and crossword puzzles, and reading.
Sandy is survived by her husband William L. Buhro; son William E. Buhro and wife Regina Frey; daughter Deborah Buhro and husband Ron Kobler; and daughter Pamela Brillhart; 8 grandchildren; and 1 great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her mother Edna Sawyer, brother Robert Sawyer, and sister Elizabeth Graves.
The Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 29, 2023 at Southern Heights Presbyterian (5750 S 40th St, Lincoln, NE).
In lieu of flowers the family invites contributions “In Memory of Sandra Buhro” to People’s City Mission (pcmlincoln.org) in Lincoln and/or Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries (kzoogospel.org) in Kalamazoo.