Sandra "Sandy" Le Roy

Sandy passed away peacefully on July 10, 2025, at Fountain View Assisted Living from Dementia. She was born on October 31, 1943, to Peter and Elizabeth (Betty Morley) Le Roy from Comstock Michigan.

Sandy graduated from Comstock High School in 1961 where she enjoyed many extracurricular activities. She learned to twirl the baton, was an expert at it and gave lessons to other interested girls. In her later years, she liked to perform her twirling talent at amateur night gatherings at the RV Park in South Haven where she enjoyed many years of camping there. Sandy was Drum Majorette (1960/1961), band and band follies (4 years), she was in the Junior play “June Grad” and Senior Play “House of Horrors”, plus various other activities. After graduation, for many years she coordinated the 1961 Class Reunions.

From 1962 to 1970 Sandy was office personnel for several businesses in the Kalamazoo area.

In 1970 she left Kalamazoo and moved to San Francisco, California in search of new opportunities. She began working for Harold E. Shugart Co. an Acoustical Ceiling Contractor. She performed all duties of a Secretary/Expediter. In 1971 to 1974 she worked for Amelco Industries, Electrical Contractors as an Executive Secretary. From 1974 to 1975 she worked as tenant coordinator Executive Secretary to the President of the civil engineering company that did the electrification installation of San Francisco’s BART mass transport system. She also coordinated the tenant development during the new and remodeled construction of 50 California Street, a thirty-six-story, 200,000 sq. ft. building near Embarcadero. From 1975 to 1981 she worked for IUOE stationary Engineers Local #39 as a business representative, office manager, computer program coordinator, labor relations, credit union manager and apprenticeship coordinator.

In 1981, Sandy returned to Kalamazoo. She oversaw the construction of developing executive suites on the lower level of the Mall Plaza Building, 157 S. Kalamazoo Mall and called her business Executive Format, the first woman executive suites concept in Kalamazoo where she contracted with business owners who needed a satellite office. Sandy and her staff performed all executive duties for the business owner. She expanded her knowledge by creating resumes for clients or creating letters for walk-in clients to mention a few. Sandy never turned down an opportunity to help someone. She coordinated yearly Christmas parties for clients to meet and network with other business owners. Sandy also did resumes for visually impaired clients which resulted the creation of Midwest Enterprises for the Blind in1993. She was one of four members on the Board of Directors and a founding Secretary/Treasurer. MWEB is still providing employment, benefit packages and opportunities for advancement.

After she retired from Executive Format, she continued to provide executive support to clients and friends, often travelling to their place of residence. When physician friend William Decker, M.D. LFAPA, published three history books about the public mental health system of Michigan, she provided major support preparing the manuscripts for several award-winning history books by author William A. Decker, M.D.
She met Rick Light, an Upjohn heir and a sculpture artisan, and became his personal assistant, assisting him in all aspects of his personal life and worldwide travels.

Sandy assisted long-time friends Leanne and daughter Cristina Powell in the creation of A Brighter Way, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity (www.abrighterway-cristina.org.) Sandy helped create the ABW materials, announcements, newsletters and correspondence promoting Cristina’s Mission, her artwork and much more.

Sandy was an amazing person and will be remembered for always being fun, her great sense of humor, she loved to laugh, dance and “party hardy” especially to her favorite music of the 50’s and 60’s. She had a wonderful smile and blue eyes. She was a sincere friend, a beautiful person inside and out, was kind, believed in herself, had courage, family and friends were important to her, she loved to travel.

Sandy was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Ron Le Roy and niece Monica Rowley. She is survived by two sisters, Suzanna Bowman and Judith George, niece Tamara Le Roy, nephews Timothy Rowley (Tammie), Christopher Rowley and Damon (Cari) Le Roy, Goddaughter Dawn Mariano. She also had many close friends from high school and San Francisco that she kept in contact with for many years. She will be missed by all who knew her.

We would like to thank Fountain View Assisted Memory Care facility and staff, Centrica Care Navigators (Hospice) of Kalamazoo and Joldersma and Klein Funeral Home for their care, support and compassion.