Sandra S. Jones, 90, of Essex Junction, Vermont, passed away peacefully on 8/15/2026 in Burlington, Vermont.

Sandy was born in Clinton, Massachusetts to James Hubert Strang and Dorothy Wiles Strang on October 28, 1935. She went to school in Leominster Massachusetts and graduated from Leominster High School and a 2-year junior college. On August 23, 1958, she married Hawley D. Jones in Sterling, Massachusetts. She worked as a decorator/seamstress independently and for Fabric Place (formerly Sportswear Store) for many years before retiring.

Sandy was an amazing human, and she left a handprint on the heart of all who knew her! She was loved and she will be missed immensely!

Sandy was preceded in death by her husband, Hawley D. Jones, her parents, James Hubert and Dorothy Wiles Strang and her oldest brother, Donald Strang.

Sandy is survived by her two children, Michael Lewis Jones and partner Beth Kissinger, and Holly Jones Stricker, her brother, James Strang, her sister-in-law, Laura Towns, her granddaughters, Addy Rose Holowach and her spouse Dean Holowach, Cariana Jones, and Lydia Don Stricker and many nieces and nephews.

The family of Sandy Jones wishes to extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Daniel Goodyear and the entire staff at Richmond Family Medicine, the nursing and medical staff on Baird 3 at UVMMC and St. James Episcopal Church of Essex Junction.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday August 28, 2026, at St. James Episcopal Church in Essex Junction.

Donations may be given to the American Cancer Society.