Painesville resident, Sandra K. (Shepard) Jackson, age 59, lost her seven month battle with pancreatic cancer in her home on Sunday January 1, 2017. She was born November 5, 1957 to prominent Painesville citizens, Robert Earl and Sara Mae Shepard.

Sandra, known by loved ones as Sandy, graduated from Harvey High School in 1976 and Bowling Green University in 1979 where she was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority. She pursued many interests throughout her life including education, sales, and business entrepreneurship. Later in life, she became the founder and celebrated star member of the Facebook support group, Heart Attack Survivors Unite (HASU).

Sandra is survived by her husband, Kenneth Kyle Jackson Sr. of Painesville; sons, Travis Jackson of Mentor and Kenny Jackson of Painesville; daughter in law, Laura Jackson of Mentor; niece, Nicole Shepard of California. She is also survived by mother-in-law, Mary Lou Jackson; stepmother-in-law, Dodi Jackson; sisters-in-law Kim Wilson and Tami Steambarge of Texas and Jimi Lou of Washington. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews through marriage.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Earl & Sara Mae (Barnhouse) Shepard; son, Nicholas Austin Jackson; brother, Robert Earl Shepard Jr.; father-in-law, Kenneth Gene Jackson.

Services will be at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Spear Mulqueeny Funeral Home, 667 Mentor Avenue, Painesville, OH.  Friends will be received from 12:00 – 1:00 PM.

In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to Sandra's Go Fund Me Page, which can be found on her facebook page, or the National Pancreatic Research Foundation: NPCF P.O. Box 1848, Longmont, CO 80502.