Windsor Obituary: Olive Sands, 90

Olive Niles (Cooper) Sands, of East Hartford, departed to her eternal home on June 19, 2018, at the age of 90.

She was born Olive Niles Cooper, daughter of the late Frederick and Lucina (Niles) Cooper, formerly of Windsor. She was predeceased by husbands Donald Cicero and Stilson Sands; sons Donald and Michael Cicero; brothers Herbert Cooper and Henry Cooper; sisters Margaret Allen and Louise Dunn.

She was employed by the Travelers Insurance Company for over 25 years before her retirement. She was fiercely loyal and loving to her entire family and she will be missed. Her smile lit up the room and she loved to laugh and recite her family’s history, as its official historian.

She leaves her twin daughters Lynn and Linda both of East Hartford; brother Thomas Cooper of Willington (Lynn); a sister Mildred Nelson of Bloomfield; two sisters-in-law Peggy Ghuillard and Vivian Cicero; her nephew and Godson Louis Allen, Jr.; and many grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews; and cousins. May God hold her close to His bosom and bring her the peace her soul so dearly deserves.

A Private Spiritual Service by Native American Chaplain, Mark Allen, Slide Show, and Music Director by Alex Cicero will be held Saturday, July 7, 2018, at the Lodge Community Chapel, 130 Deerfield Rd. Windsor. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Windsor. Repast to follow at the Tobacco Shed, Poquonock Avenue, Windsor.

The Carmon Windsor Funeral Home is caring for the arrangements. For directions or condolences please visit www.carmonfuneralhome.com.