Sandra White

Our cherished Sandy White of Bowman, ND, left her worldly family on January 24, 2025, at Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND, with her children by her side. 

A Funeral Service will be held at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, ND. Burial will be at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. 

Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 29, 2025, from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan.

Sandy was born on September 10, 1957, to William G. and Eleanor (Wetzel) Jones in the Mandan Hospital. Several years later, her sister, Linda, arrived to complete the family. Sandy spent her early years on the farmstead of William (great-great grandpa Jones) on land he settled west of Glen Ullin, ND, which he acquired before statehood. Sandy had a special relationship with her grandpa, Thomas Jones. Upon graduation from Glen Ullin High School in 1975, she went to nursing college in Bismarck. She began her career of taking care of others as a nurse at St. Joes in Dickinson. Perhaps by fate, she was drawn to a job in Bowman, ND, where she met her future husband, Paul. Sandy and Paul worked together for 45 years, balancing raising a family, Sandy’s nursing career, as well as, running the family farm. Sandy dedicated much of her life to caring for others, first as Director of Nursing at the Southwest Healthcare Services Nursing Home in Bowman, and later as Director of Nursing for Western Horizon Care Center in Hettinger, ND. In her career, her leadership and kindness touched many lives, and she will be remembered fondly by the many patients and colleagues she served over the years. 

Sandy never let her personal health issues affect being the best wife, mom, and grandma that anyone could ask for. Sandy embodied the gifts of honesty, sincerity, humility and love. She brought a smile to all she met and brought light into the lives of all she knew. 

Sandy will be missed by her loving husband of 45 years, Paul; son, Jamie (Yuki) White and their children, Melanie and Marisa; daughter, Kayla (Steve) Bourgois and their children, Thomas and Harrison; a sister, cousins, in-laws, and nieces and nephews. 

Sandy was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, mother and father in-law, special cousin, Curtis Sayler, and brother-in-law, Perry Horner. 

In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation to the Bowman Nursing Home in Sandy’s memory.