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Arkport, NY \/ Hornell, NY<\/p>\nArkport, NY \/ Hornell, NY<\/p>\n
Sandra Jean \u201cSandy\u201d Lawrence \u2013 81 \u2013 formerly of Arkport, died Saturday morning (July 15, 2023) at Elderwood at Hornell Nursing Facility in North Hornell, where she had resided for the past 3 years.<\/p>\n
Born in North Hornell on June 11, 1942, she was the daughter of Arnold & Kathryn (Kimbel) Lawrence.<\/p>\n
Sandy grew up in Arkport and was a graduate of Arkport Central School (class of 1960). She later earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in education from Geneseo State College (SUNY Geneseo). For about 3 years Sandy served as a School Teacher at Arkport Central School.<\/p>\n
To say that \u201cHorses Were in Her Blood\u201d would be an understatement. Not only did she own many horses herself, but Sandy also operated a \u201chorse boarding\u201d business on Oak Hill Road in Arkport where she boarded & tended to horses that were owned by area residents.<\/p>\n
Moving to Hamburg, PA in the early 80s, she continued boarding and caring for horses and would sometimes have over 40 horses in her care at a time. Sandy eventually moved to York, NY in 1992 and worked alongside her nephew, Steve Hoyt, on his farm.<\/p>\n
Throughout the years, Sandy gave horse-riding lessons to both children & adults and taught the art of \u201cBarrel Racing.\u201d For many years, she served as a \u201cHorse-Farrier\u201d and was a specialist in equine hoof care. She took great pride in trimming and balancing of horses\u2019 hooves and making & placing of horseshoes when needed. She also took great joy in rescuing sick and abandoned horses, giving them another chance to live a great life.<\/p>\n
Returning to the Arkport area about 26 years ago, Sandy enjoyed having a beer or two with her many friends at the Arkport American Legion. She was also a self-proclaimed \u201cPeople Watcher\u201d and loved driving or walking around the Arkport area simply watching the farmers working their fields.<\/p>\n
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Phyllis Hoyt and Madelyn \u201cMadge\u201d Lang: 2 brothers, Herman \u201cDon\u201d Lawrence and Shelton \u201cPunky\u201d Lawrence.<\/p>\n
Surviving are several nieces, nephews, great-nieces & great-nephews, including her great-niece and caregiver, Tracie McCarthy of Arkport. She will also be sadly missed by her lifelong friends, Lynn Blades and Penny Bennet<\/p>\n
At Sandy\u2019s request there will be no calling hours. A \u201cCelebration of Life\u201d will be held on August 20, 2023, at 2pm at the Arkport American Legion. Final interment will be in Heritage Hill Cemetery, Arkport, NY.<\/p>\n
Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n
Sandy\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her name be made to the Hornell Humane Society, 7649 Industrial Park Road, Hornell, NY 14843.<\/p>\n
To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Arkport, NY \/ Hornell, NY Sandra Jean \u201cSandy\u201d Lawrence \u2013 81 \u2013 formerly of Arkport, died Saturday morning (July 15, 2023) at Elderwood at Hornell Nursing Facility in North Hornell, where she had resided for the past 3 years. Born in North Hornell on June 11, 1942, she was the daughter of Arnold & Kathryn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6538"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6542,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6538\/revisions\/6542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}