Sandra H. Vanarsdall, 69, loving and devoted wife and mother, passed away on September 7, 2010, from complications related to multiple myeloma.

Born in Memphis, Tenn., she grew up in Wilmington, Del. where she attended Ursuline Academy and Alexis I. Dupont High School. She attended the college of William & Mary, graduating in 1962 with a BA in psychology, and became an elementary school teacher.

She devoted her entire life to her family and is survived by her husband, Dr. Robert Lee Vanarsdall of Villanova, Pa.; her son, Lee Vanarsdall and his wife Rachel of Silver Spring, Md.; two daughters, Lesley Vanarsdall and her husband Mike Joson of Philadelphia, Pa., and Ashley Vanarsdall Burke and her husband Brendan, of Washington, D.C.; three grandchildren, Jeff and Becky Vanarsdall, and new baby Grayson Robert Joson; her sister, Marcelle Jones; and her brother Carl Hoffman.

Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10AM on Friday, September 17, at St. Thomas of Villanova Church on the Villanova University campus. Friends and relatives may visit with the family at the church starting at 9 AM. The family will hold a private internment following the Mass.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Gifts may be mailed to 3535 Market Street, Suite 750, Philadelphia, PA 19104, or on the website: www.penncancer.org/patients/giving/tribute-gifts/