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Sandy Wilkes Bramer
SANDY LEE WILKES BRAMER
Maryville, Tenn.
Sandy Lee Wilkes Bramer of Maryville, Tenn., formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away suddenly Tuesday morning, May 29, 2018, at home. She was 66 years old. She attended Roosevelt and Jefferson high schools in Cedar Rapids.
There will be a memorial celebration held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Faith Bible Church, 1800 46th St. NE, Cedar Rapids. Food will be served following the ceremony.
Sandy is survived by her partner, Daryl Thomas; her children, Troy and Todd Eickstead and Chad Straub; brother, John Hardin; sister, Barbara Jean Wray; twin sister, Susan Wilkes Gallo; granddaughters, Haley and Dominique Eickstead and Slayton Straub; and many nieces and nephews, Carrie Wray Maxson, Cathi Kane, Charles Sylvia and Suzanne Sylvia Brown; Sandy's nieces' and nephews' children, Dillon Maxson, Lauren Beadle, Marty and Carlee Tope, Josh and Julia Kane, Jacqueline Glomski, Ryan and Cole Sylvia, Savanah Barber, and Siena and Shane Brown.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Helen and Gale Wilkes; and nieces, Tracy Beadle and Christy Hardin Tope.
Sandy was full of life and loved to make everyone laugh. She always had a smile on her face. She will be terribly missed by her family and friends.
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