Obituary of Sandra June Cutlip Houston

Sandra June Cutlip Houston, 85, of Bel Air, MD and formerly of Fairmont, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2020, at the Forest Hill Heights Senior Living Center in Forest Hill, MD. Sandra was born on November 19, 1934, daughter of the late Edmund H. Cutlip and Mary Margaret Louden Cutlip of Fairmont. Sandra is survived by her three children: Catherine Elaine Valle and her husband Charles Valle Jr. of Jarrettsville, MD; Cynthia Marie Kershaw and her husband Robert Kershaw of Springfield, VA; and Paul Samuel Houston II and his wife Marcia Houston of Phoenix, MD; four grandchildren: Colleen Nichol Ewart, Gretchen Kershaw Jorstad, Heidi Kershaw Quick, Emma Houston; and five great-grandchildren, Andrew Ewart, Spencer Ewart, Lee Jorstad, Vivian Jorstad, Samuel Quick. Sandra was a graduate of East Fairmont High School and earned a Business Degree from Fairmont State College. In her professional life she served as a contract administrator with the Mass Transit Administration for the State of Maryland. She was an accomplished dancer and patron of the arts, but will be most remembered for her joy in time spent at her Ocean City, MD, condominium with family and friends, particularly her walks along the beach collecting seashells. The family will receive friends at Ford Funeral Home, 201 Columbia St., Fairmont, WV 26554, on Saturday, January 18, 2020, from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. A committal service will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Fairmont. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.fordfuneralhomes.com.