Sandra Kay Rollins Gillespie, 68, died Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, Kans.
She was born Sept. 27, 1948 to Charles Rollins and Betty (Hemphill) Rollins at St. John Hospital in Tulsa. She graduated from Henryetta High School in Henryetta in 1966. and graduated from Bacone College. She married Dennis Gillespie Nov. 3, 1978.
She worked as an RN for 31 years, with 17 of those being at Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital in Ulysses, Kans. She became disabled in 2004 and she volunteered as a first responder and dispatcher for Jackson Volunteer fire department, Marion County, Tex.
Survivors include her husband, Dennis of the home; children: Chris Gillespie, Montezuma, Gina Downey and husband, Steve, Ford, and Diane Mangles and husband, Trevor, Hugoton; brother, Steve Rollins, Oklahoma City: 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and son, Jonathan White.
Memorial services will take place at a later date.
A memorial has been established for the Henryetta Public Library in Henryetta. Memorials may be mailed to Paul’s-Robson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 236, Hugoton, Ks 67951.