Sandra Schnicker

Sandra Lynn Schnicker, 53, of Jackson passed away Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

She was born Jan. 8, 1966, in Cape Girardeau to Larry and Audrey Foeste Borgfield. She and John D. Schnicker were married Sept. 1, 1989. One daughter, Samantha, was born to their union and she was the pride and joy of their lives.

Sandy was a 1984 graduate of Jackson High School. She graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1988 with a BSN in nursing. She was member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson.

Sandy was an RN, working at Southeast Hospital and Southeast Home Health, and most recently at the Career and Technology Center in Cape Girardeau. Sandy was a "taskmaster." Her students were always pushed to excel.

Sandy was a special, loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin and teacher who will be missed by all. She had a special place in her heart for her family farm. She made a priority to care for everyone else first, especially her parents. Once, when Grandpa Foeste took Sandy fishing and brought her home covered in cockleburs and Grandma Foeste got mad, Sandy was nicknamed "Cockleburr."

Loving survivors include her husband of 30 years, John Schnicker of Jackson; a daughter, Samantha (Blake) Duffy of Jackson; her parents, Larry and Audrey Borgfield of Jackson; a brother, Bradley (Tosha) Borgfield and children Ava, Grant and Grady of Jackson; two sisters-in-law, Suzanne (Steven) Hinesley of Franklin, Tennessee, and Laurie Stanton of Columbia, Tennessee, and their families; and her stepmother-in-law, Margaret Schnicker of Wentzville, Missouri.

She was preceded in death by paternal grandparents, Edwin and Esther (Kasten) Borgfield; maternal grandparents, Claude and Dorothy (Meyer) Foeste; her father-in-law, Gary Schnicker; and mother-in-law, Martha Campbell.

Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Charles Buck and Sam Roethemeyer officiating. Entombment will follow at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau.

A memorial Mass will also be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates memorials to the American Cancer Society.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.