Alexandria “Sandra” Marie Puccioni

Passed away at age 94 on June 2, 2008 at Cloverdale Healthcare
in Cloverdale. Sandra was born in the state of Washington on Aug.
16, 1913, to Michaelangelo and Dolores Ghilarducci. The family
moved to San Francisco in 1929. She attended Galileo High in San
Francisco, where she was very active musically playing both the
saxophone and the accordion. She married Louie Puccioni in 1933 and
moved to his family’s ranch off Mill Creek Road in Healdsburg. She
had two children Angelo and Doreen. She was an extremely hard
worker and raised cattle, sheep, and grapes on the ranch over the
years. During WWII Sandra was a Red Cross volunteer and an airplane
spotter at Junction School in Mill Creek. She received an award for
her many hours of service. She was an original member of the
Healdsburg Russian River Riders and enjoyed riding her buckskin
horse Tina. She also was an accomplished square dancer in the
1960’s in Sonoma County.
She is survived by her son, Angelo Puccioni of Rodeo; and her
grandchildren Glenn Proctor and his wife Laurie, Deneen Proctor and
her husband Richard, and Allison Puccioni and her husband Tim; and
her great-grandchildren Joshua, Forrest, and Noah.
A Mass was celebrated on June 6 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Catholic Church in Asti. She is interned at Oak Mount Cemetery in
Healdsburg.
The family of Sandra Puccioni wishes to express their
appreciation for care she received at the Cloverdale Healthcare
Facility. Memorial contributions can be made to the Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation (www.komen.org).