Sandra (Sandy) Lanzi

IN MEMORY OF: Sandra (Sandy) Lanzi Serving Location: CRAIN PLEASANT GROVE-MURDALE FUNERAL HOME 31 Memorial Drive, Murphysboro, Illinois Sandy Lanzi, age 83, of Carbondale passed away on Monday, April 13, 2026 at Madison-Jackson County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee. Sandy had recently moved to Martin, Tennessee with her daughter and quickly fell in love with wonderful community and immediately started volunteering at the First United Methodist Church of Martin. She was born on June 7, 1942 to William and Margaret (Sanburn) Bremser in Cleveland, Ohio. On August 1, 1970, she married Joseph Lanzi and blended their families in Mentor, Ohio. They moved to Venice, Florida in 1978 and live there and also Sarasota until 2001 when they move to Carbondale to be near their daughter and granddaughters Jessie, Brandy and Savannah. Sandy worked as a bookkeeper and executive administrative assistant most of her life and dearly loved her job. The people she worked for would all describe mom as a fiercely loyal, hard working and one of the most devoted and ethical people you would ever meet. She loved working for schools in her life time and she would wanted you to know these proud highlights of her career. While in Mentor she worked at Fairfax Elementary (where she met her husband Joe) and then the worked at the Mentor School Board for Jim Capital. In Florida she worked for the Sarasota County School System at several of the schools for Jim Hancock and then became the head bookkeeper for the school system for Al Weidner. While in Carbondale Sandy worked Southern Illinois University, Cobden Unit School and she was blessed to work at and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Carbondale. She was filled with joy to blend her love of her church with her love of bookkeeping. In her later years she learned and enjoyed quilting so she could make them for the people she loved. She also volunteered at the Bald Knob Cross of Peace and loved this so much because of all the people she was blessed to meet. Survivors include her daughter, Andilee Warner; grandchildren, Matthew (Michelle) Lanzi, Nick Lanzi, Eric (Adilena) Snell, Jessie Jo Warner, Brandy (Aaron) Taylor, Ashley Lanzi, Anthony Lanzi, Savannah (Buddy) Bridges, and Lydia Thornburg; great-grandchildren, Gianna Lanzi, Evelyn Taylor, Logan Snell, Sophia Snell, Eva Bridges, Axel Taylor, Conrad Herron, Loretta Herron, Bennett Taylor, Emerald Herron and Baby Bridges (on the way). She had many dear friends in her long beautiful life that she was so grateful for and loved dearly. She would like to name them all but the list would be too long. She is preceded in death by the love of her life Joe, parents, sons Darryl Lanzi and William Warner, and Daughter-in-Law Linda Hagler. Visitation will be from 3:30-5:30 with a Memorial Service immediately following on Monday, April 20, 2026 with Rev. Jim Barnett officiating at Crain Pleasant Grove – Murdale Funeral Home. Inurnment and a graveside service will take place at a later date at Evergreen Cemetery in Painesville, Ohio. Because of Sandy’s extreme love of the dogwood tree and butterflies the family requests in lieu of flowers that you plant a dogwood tree or a butterfly garden in remembrance of her. The cremation of Sandra Lanzi will be personally handled by the staff of Crain Funeral Home. Crain Pleasant Grove-Murdale Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Sandra (Sandy) Lanzi

June 7, 1942 - April 13, 2026