Sandra Joy Lowry

May 15, 1943 - September 19, 2016

SANDRA JOY LOWRY TORRINGTON, Wyoming --- Sandra (Sandy) Joy Lowry, 73, passed away Monday, September 19, 2016 at her home. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 24, at the Colyer Funeral Home with Reverend Rick Cederholm officiating. Cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Fort Laramie Historical Association in Fort Laramie, Wyoming or the Festival of Hope at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, in Sandy’s memory. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send their condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com . Sandy was born May 15, 1943, in Torrington, Wyoming and was adopted by her loving parents Archie Joseph and Vesta Jane (Craig) Speak. She was a devoted student, librarian, historian, and archivist. Sandy served as a librarian at the Laramie County Public Library in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the Platte County Library in Wheatland, Wyoming, the Teton County Library in Jackson, Wyoming and approximately 36 years at the Fort Laramie National Historic Site Library in Fort Laramie, Wyoming where she enjoyed serving as a resource for academic historians. She returned to school and obtained her Associates Degree at Eastern Wyoming College and in 1984, subsequently, received her BA in Social Science from the University of Wyoming graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Sandy was also a skilled craftswoman and excelled in knitting and other crafts. She was an adventurer and loved international travel. Throughout her years, she touched many lives and was greatly respected by many for her kindness and compassion. Sandy was often noted for her wit and joyful and mischievous sarcasm. In her words, “She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried, she knitted, she read, she died.” Survivors include her son Anthony (Jacqueline) Lowry and their children Emma and Aidan, of Logan, Utah; son Christopher (Katharine Semsar) Lowry and their children Ian and Lily, of Boulder, Colorado; son Jay (Theresa) Lowry of San Diego, California and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was preceded in passing by her parents; husband Charles E. Lowry and sister Jerry Speak.