Sandra Celeste Parsons

September 21, 1978 - April 21, 2016

Our cherished Sandy passed away peacefully at home Thursday, April 21, 2016, far too young to leave this life. Sandy courageously fought a two-year battle with cancer. 
 
Born to Brent and Donna Parsons on September 21, 1978 in Salt Lake City. Sandy was a gifted and talented artist, using art as a forum to express other passions and making the world a better place. Sandy loved being close to nature and cared deeply for mother earth, the less fortunate, and all animals. Sandy played sports in high school, including tennis, basketball, and soccer and lived a very active life. 
 
Survived by mother Donna and father Brent and his wife Nancy; sisters Melinda and Elizabeth; brother Courtney along with nephew Nico, niece Violet; partner Melissa and Bandit the cat. We would love to thank hospice nurse, Heidi, for her tender care during Sandy’s last days.
 
An open house will be held at Starks Funeral Parlor, 3651 South 900 East, Salt Lake City, on Tuesday, April 26th from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. 
 
A Celebration of Sandy’s life will be held on Monday, May 9th at The First Unitarian Church, 569 South 1300 East, SLC. A program of music and speaking will begin at 6:30PM. 
 
Please join us for a celebration of the life of Sandy Parsons on Monday, May 9th at The First Unitarian Church, 569 South 1300 East, SLC. We will gather in the Chapel at 6:30 for a program of music and speaking. There will be a space for friends and family members to speak and share their stories. Following this, we will gather in the social hall for food and further celebration of Sandy's life. We encourage you to bring a food item or beverage to share. Please keep the adult beverages to beer or wine. Sandy was committed to protecting our planet and minimizing the suffereing of its inhabants. Because of this, he requested that all food at his celebration be vegan (made with out animal products). Please keep this in mind and, if possible, lable the food that you bring with its ingredients. There will be a bulletin board for photos of Sandy. If you have a photograph of Sandy that you would like to share, please do bring it. We will collect monetary donations to cover the cost of the space. Donations beyond this will be given to the Utah Pride Center on behalf of and in memory of Sandy.
 
Location:
First Unitarian Church, 569 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah.
In addition to on-street parking, the Unitarian Church leases parking spaces from the parking lot of the near by Friendship Manor. Friendship Manor is located on the corner of 500 South and 1300 East. Enter the parking lot from either of Friendship Manors driveways (on 5th South or 13th East) Please be considerate to the residence of Friendship Manor and only use the spaces reserved for the Unitarian Church on the south end of the lot. These spaces are not marked but think about parking as close to the church as you can, up to the second light post in the parking lot. 
 
Accessibility:
For wheelchair accessibility, enter from the Friendship Manor parking lot. The enterence to the church from this lot offers a ramp.
 
Contact:
For further details or for more information, contact Melissa Collins (801.893.5054) or Daisy Johnson (801.205.4458). Event details have also been posted on Sandy's Facebook page.  
 
 

In Loving Memory

I will always remember Sandy with that cute grin on her face, walking through our art class. She had one of the cutest faces I have ever seen on a person. I always wanted to stare at her because she was so cute. I admired her creative, artist abilities. So talented, so young to leave her sweet family.She will be missed greatly.

toni bunnell

nan, nan

Donna and family, I am just reading this in the paper today. What a beautiful young woman. I am so sorry for the loss of this daughter and sister. I know I cannot imagine the pain this brings. May you be comforted in your time of need. Sheila Deputy

Sheila Deputy

Sandy, UT

R.I.P. Sandy. I connected so deeply with you and you were one of the few people that really understood how deeply I love animals and why I fight to protect them any way I can. You did too and that bonded us. So often you would post my exact thoughts and you gave me hope for a more compassionate and kind humanity. Thank you for drawing so many portraits of me. I cherish them and the time we spent together was fun. Thank you for being the best house sitter ever, watching our cats Licious and Pepper, and our dobermans, Kona and Kai. They loved you so. You did everything I would have done but were still taken away too soon. You were so loved and will be missed dearly. Until we meet again my friend. heart emoticon Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glint on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you wake in the morning hush I am the swift, uplifiting rush of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the soft starlight at night. Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. Joyce Fossen "Earth Prayers from around the World"

Stephany Alexander

Salt Lake City, Ut

Our condolences to Parsons family. May you all gain comfort by knowing that God care so much that he promise to resurrect those in his memory. This wonderful promise is in your Bible at Acts 24:15, may you put your faith in this sure hope. You all are in our prayers.

SR

Atlanta, Ga

Please accept my sympathy on the loss of Sandy. May God grant you peace and comfort during this sad and distressing time. Pray to him for help in getting through the pain of losing this dear loved one. 2Corinthians 1:3,4.

Rachel Farmington

nan, nan

so when sandy was like 6, she got my golf club and some golf balls, and proceeded to hit the balls from the front yard, over the home, into the back yard. cleared the home each time, never hitting the home/windows. i gave her a remote controlled car when she was maybe 8. used it like once, and the she proceeded to take it apart to see how it worked. never put it back to together. her room was always a mess. when she was about 12, she skipped rocks down the road, nailing the back window of one of our neighbors. about this same age i took her golfing in St George, no lessons, think she hit it better than me. she played basket ball in school. she would not let me teach her the jump shot. at 18 she ask to move in with me for a couple weeks until she could get things together, she stayed like 3 years. we did not always see eye to eye on most things, actually almost never. but she loved her father, and me back..bp

brent parsons

slc, ut

In Loving Memory

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