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Sandra Skipwith Bowen
11/06/1957 - 02/21/2024
Sandra Skipwith Bowen passed away on Wednesday, February 21, with her daughters by her side, following years of complications from a devastating stroke. A beloved mother, sister, daughter, aunt, and friend, Sandra is now free from suffering. She was 66 years of age.
Sandra
was born in Houston on November 6, 1957 to Dorrace Aleen Dominey and
William Harvey Skipwith Jr. She attended St. John's School, the
University of Texas, and the University of Houston. Growing up in Pine
Shadows neighborhood of Houston, Sandra enjoyed playing with childhood
friends, especially adventures along the bayou. Sandra lost both her
parents by the time she was seventeen, a heartache from which she never
fully recovered. Sandra was largely raised by Alice Griffin, the
family's housekeeper and dear friend turned surrogate-mother and an
instrumental part of Sandra's life.
In 1988, Sandra married Berry
Dunbar Bowen. Together, they had two beautiful daughters, Susannah and
Elizabeth, who were the light of her life. Sandra later married José
Gross, and while their marriage only lasted a few years, José remained
kind and caring to Susie and Lizzy.
Immensely talented and creative,
Sandra was a gifted painter and writer: a true artist. She saw the
world differently, and inspired those around her to do the same. She
brought wonder and whimsy to her daughters' youth, and had a special
love for all children. Stylish and elegant, Sandra loved playing
dress-up with her daughters and always had a flair for the dramatic.
Sandra
overcame many adversities in life and was a fighter. She cared deeply
for others and had great compassion for those less fortunate, a quality
she instilled in her girls.
Sandra is survived and deeply missed by
her daughters Susie Tucker and Lizzy Bowen, along with their husbands
Payson Tucker and Michael Hardy; sister Jeanne Skipwith; sister Betsy
Clemons and husband Reed; grandchildren Eliot and Florence Tucker;
nieces Callie Burns and Florence Conte; and nephew Skip Clemons.
The
family wishes to thank the staff at Aaryn Hospice and Braeswood Estates
for their loving care of Sandra, as well as the many friends who helped
Sandra over the years.
A memorial gathering will take place on
Wednesday April 3 at one o'clock in the afternoon at Pumpkin Park, 3600
Locke Lane, Houston, Texas 77027.
In lieu of customary remembrances,
the family requests with gratitude that contributions in her name be
directed to Friends of Pumpkin Park (by mail: 3737 Buffalo Speedway #200
Houston, TX 77098) or the Houston SPCA (https://act.houstonspca.org/a/honor).
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In the words of my beautiful Sandra, who would or could not love me:
I am assigning jobs to all these dead people I know, knew, and loved.
Surely they can teach each person who has not acted right in my world.
Surely they can accomplish the task of a spiritual order and all it demands.
Aren’t their powers super natural, by now?
Their job is to teach remorse to the perv teacher, the thief, the greedy man, the sadist.
To my father, I give Joe Lucia, the bookie, and stealer of innocent souls.
To my mother, I give Jack Trotter, the thief, let her ferocious rage whip him.
To Craig, I give Annis, Jack and Berry. Let him teach them manners, refinement and the lesson about sadism that blinds everyone.
Make them straight, show them their way.
And to Mama, I also give the cowboy who won’t come home.
They all earned their jobs with their deeds of love and loyalty.
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