Sandra (Bailey) Wooster

Sandra (Bailey) Wooster BURLINGTON — On April 7, 2021, Sandra Lee (Bailey) Wooster passed away due to complications from COVID-19. She is now reunited with her parents, Edward and Ada (Stoodley) Bailey and her husband and sweetheart, Harold Wooster. Born in Claremont, New Hampshire, she lived in both New Hampshire and Vermont. She met her cowboy sweetheart, Harold, and they had two beautiful daughters, Tammy and Carol “Sunshine.” Born with disabilities, she needed extra assistance, yet she was studious. Her impish smile lit up the entire room whenever she saw someone she knew. Sandy, as she liked to be called, loved to volunteer raising money for various charities; church, reading the Bible and the Daily Bread; vanilla milkshakes, anything sweet as Little Debbie snack cakes was her favorite dessert; orchid, her favorite color; robins; dancing, singing silly songs and hymns; the “bumpie cars,” ferris wheels; hugs; bedtime stories; teddy bears; the choo choo train; alumni parades; adult day; coloring; word searches; camp; Bernie Sanders; romance novels; TV; and saying I Love You. In December 2020, she got infected with COVID-19. She did survive the initial infection only to suffer the long hauler effects that led to her death. It is not a hoax as, for my family and many others, our lives shall never be the same. When Irish eyes were smiling, her once jet-black wavy hair made us laugh. The now-silver locks never would stay down. Singing together the Barney song, I love you, you love me, made her smile right up to the end. To Mom — My fondest memories of mom when we all sang in front of the church, This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine. My husband, Wayne, and I send hugs and kisses. We will miss mom writing us, coloring us pictures and her phones calls most of all. We love you, Ma, forever and a day. Love, Tammy and Wayne. Right before she became an angel, the song Rockin’ Robin came on the radio. Soon after, I heard birds outside her window. Fly high, Mommy, over the rainbow. We love you. God bless. She is survived by her daughters, Tammy Thompson and husband Wayne of Winooski, Vermont, Carol Ann Wooster and partner Bob Clark; brothers, Edward Bailey and wife Sue of Connecticut, Billy Bailey and wife Betty of Claremont, New Hampshire. She also had a half-sister, Constance Bailey; granddaughters, Katana Lynn O’Keef and Debbie O’Keef of South Carolina; great-grandchildren, Anna, Lexi, Drew, Aden, Landen and Laken; and several nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank the staff at Essex Adult Day, Cathedral Square Assisted Living, BAYADA Home Health, special caregivers, Pam and Mert Huntley, along with Ellie Beltrami, Diana and Hakka Khadka and Sharon Williams and their families. Donations in her memory may be sent to First Congregational Church of Burlington. They will be used to purchase books for the church library. A swing set and/or bench, at a yet to be determined space, in her memory, will be placed here and in New Hampshire. It will be a place where others will be encouraged to sit and read a book. If you wish to contribute to this, please send donations in care of Carol Wooster, 238 North St., Burlington, VT 05401. There will be visiting hours at Elmwood-Meunier Funeral Home, 97 Elmwood Ave., April 17 from 2-4 p.m. Masks and social distancing will be required. Services will take place on May 8 at a yet to be determined time. You can look for updates on the funeral home website. As part of who Mom was, she will be going to Heaven in her pajamas with a teddy bear and Bible in her hands. If you wish to wear pajamas to either service, please do so as it is encouraged. Any teddy bears that are received, will be later donated to the children in various organizations throughout the community. Elmwood-Meunier Funeral Home in charge.