Sandra “Sandy” L. Schimizzi, 83, DuBois, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Penn Highlands DuBois.
Born November 20, 1940, in DuBois, she was the daughter of the late Domenick and Elizabeth (Rizzo) Schimizzi.
Sandy graduated from the DuBois Area High School.
Sandy was employed by Walmart for 27 years, including 14 years in the toy department and 13 years as a greeter, in addition to Airco Speer and Rockwell.
She was the president of the Women’s Auxiliary for the DuBois Midget Football Association, a volunteer for HOPE for Victims of Violence, founder of the DuBois all-girls baseball league, and president of recreational activities at Rockwell.
Sandy was a member of St. Catherine of Siena Parish.
Sandy is survived by four children, Phillip Lee Schimizzi and his fiancé, Nikki Sheibley, DuBois, Domenick Joseph Kurtz and his wife, Susan Guiher, DuBois, Elizabeth Marie (Brock) McDaniel, Charleston, SC, and Karissa Josephine (Frank) Shepler, Brockport; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Nancy (Kenneth) Bogard, Port Clinton, OH, and Georgia Schimizzi, DuBois.
In addition to her parents, Sandy was preceded in death by her brothers, Frank and Joseph Schimizzi, and her sisters, Mary Rose Kopnitsky and Josephine Greenfield.
Friends and family will be received Wednesday, May 1, 2024, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. from the Adamson Funeral Chapel and Crematorium.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Parish at St. Catherine of Siena with Msgr. Richard Siefer as celebrant.
Burial will be in Morningside Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Catherine of Siena, 116 S. State St., DuBois, PA 15801.
Online condolences can be made by visiting www.adamsonfuneral.com
