Sandra Johnson

Sandra Ellen Johnson was born June 20, 1941, in Oakland, Calif., to Colin C. Gibson and Beatrice M. Fraser (Gibson).
She was a graduate, with honors from Anna Heads Girls School in Berkeley, Calif., where she was class president of several grades one through 12.
She was very active in many theatrical and educational forums and entered the University of California at Berkeley with several advanced credits. At Berkeley she met the love of her life, Terry Johnson, and they married Jan. 26, 1961.
They were married for 61 years by Jan. 26, 2022, until Sandra finally succumbed to a fatal infection Feb. 1, 2022. She was 80.
Sandra was preceded in death by her mother and father as well as her grandparents, Doctor and Mrs. Hugh M. Fraser, D.O. of Oakland.
She is survived by two children, veterinarian Richard Johnson and daughter, Janet Standard;   four beautiful grandchildren, Josh and Jessica Johnson and Julie and Anouk Nuet; Terry’s brother and his wife, Linda Johnson were very much like brother and sister to Sandra.
Sandra was a very accomplished artist and had several art studios as she and Terry moved around the western United States.  She specialized in pastel wildlife and domestic dogs and cats as well as children and adults, and her paintings now hang in the homes of many prominent collectors.
She and her husband Terry owned a catering business and a five-star French Creperie in the San Francisco Bay (Calif.) area and they owned and operated an independent claim adjusting company for over 25 years. Many accolades went to Sandra, and she was recognized by many as one of the fairest and finest adjusters in the entire state of California and Nevada.
She also found time to become owner and founder of a candy store (Kernel Sandy’s) and a very successful catering business.
She and Terry retired to Custer, S.D., 15 years ago, where they lived together in a home she designed and built. She never ceased to amaze people with her talent and successful attitude.  She was an avid animal lover and will have her ashes spread with over 30 dogs and cats she included in her kind and caring life.  
She will be missed by everyone she ever met.