| Graduation Year | Class of 1963 |
| Date of Passing | Apr 08, 2023 |
| About | Sandra Lee Jost (Edwards) of St. Louis, Missouri was born on October 13, 1945, at St. Louis Maternity Hospital to Norman and Martha Edwards (Murch). Sandra entered into rest Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 77 years old of late-stage Alzheimer’s Disease. Sandra lived in Webster Groves for most of her life until she moved to Chicago in 2019 to be with her daughters. She attended Goodall Elementary, Hixson Junior High, and Webster Groves High School. During primary and secondary school years, Sandra enjoyed being in a Girl Scout, a Girl Scout Leader, a member of the High School Varsity Pep Club, and cruising/racing with her friends at Schneithorst restaurant in Ladue. Sandra devoted her life to helping others. After she graduated in 1963 from Webster Groves High School, she attended the Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing for from 1966 to 1963, which began her nursing journey that lasted more than 50 years. For over 37 years, she worked at Deaconess hospital as a Staff Nurse, Charge Nurse, Assistant Head Nurse, and Head nurse within the Medical Surgical, Mother-Baby, Postpartum and OB/GYN units. During the last few years of employment, she worked for Missouri Baptist, Lutheran Senior Services and the Children’s Home Society of Missouri serving nursing home clients and children with developmental disabilities. During her career, Sandra also utilized Reiki, Therapeutic Touch and Healing Touch (energy-based therapies) to help the moms, and newborn babies she worked with at Deaconess Hospital. As a result of her passion for energy-based therapies, Sandra started her own part-time business as an energy therapist in Webster Groves Missouri in 2004. Sandra married Gordon Leo Jost on February 4, 1967, at the First Methodist Church in Webster Groves. After they married, Gordon was enlisted in Vietnam 1967 to 1970 and they moved to Germany where she volunteered as a Brownie Leader, was part of the hostess club and helped new moms with their babies. Though this relationship was not permanent, they did have 2 children together and remained friends afterwards. Sandra was kind, caring and compassionate to all who came to know her. She loved spending time with family and friends, taking walks, reading Danielle Steele, sharing stories about her time in Germany, listening to Barry Manilow and Olivia Newton John, and having dinners at Red Lobster, Applebee's and Steak and Shake. Sandra is preceded in death by her parents; Norman and Martha Edwards (Murch), and two siblings; Connie Robinson (Edwards) and Virginia Clock (Edwards). She is survived by her two daughters, Deborah Jost-Beauford and Rebecca Kieffer (Jost), three grandchildren, Kyra Kieffer, Lexi and Ryan Beauford, and her former husband, Gordan Jost, along with numerous extended family and friends. Sandra will be deeply missed by all who know her. A memorial page has been established in her name through the Alzheimer’s Association to help support services and research for people and their families living with Alzheimer’s. http://act.alz.org/goto/sandrajost2023 |
