Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....[Koop] Wiedmann, Sandra Gail August 29, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Wiedmann, Sandra Gail     
1953 - 2005 
 
Sandra Gail Wiedmann 
March 14, 1953 - August 29, 2005 

Funeral services will be conducted by Peters Funeral Home on Thursday, 
September 1, at 10:00 a.m., at the Mennonite Brethren Church, 400 Kern, 
Shafter, for Sandra Gail Wiedmann, age 52, who passed away August 29, 2005, in 
Shafter. Pastor Mike Kotrla of the Congregational Church will officiate and 
interment will follow at Shafter Memorial Park. Sandra was born March 14, 
1953, in Goessel, Kansas to Wallace and Bertha Koop. The family moved to 
Shafter when Sandra was 3 years old and she grew up in Shafter attending Maple 
School and graduating from Shafter High School with the class of 1971. She 
attended Fresno Pacific College and later transferred to University of 
Southern California where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in 
Accounting in 1976. She was the top accounting student of her class and was 
the first female to be a recipient of the Arthur Young Award. She married her 
high school sweetheart, Ted Wiedmann on June 16, 1973, in Visalia and after 
school they made Shafter their home. She worked 2 years to finish her 
requirements for her CPA license, and then began her 25 year career running 
the Stringham's Shafter Drug Store. She was efficient and a problem solver, 
she was loved by her extended Store Family. Sandy loved to entertain and 
decorate the house for the seasons, Christmas being her favorite. Her other 
hobbies included reading, shopping, and travel. She was a member of the 
Shafter Congregational Church and the church choir; Sandy loved music and 
enjoyed playing the organ and piano at home. She was also very active in the 
Shafter community serving a term as president in the Shafter Chamber of 
Commerce and a member for many years; she was also on the Shafter Planning 
Commission. Sandy was a Pharmaceutical Technician and a Travel Agent. Sandra 
is survived by her husband, Ted of Shafter; parents, Wally and Bertha Koop; 
mother and father-in-law, Mert and Pat Wiedmann all of Shafter; son, Brad and 
wife, Dania of Troy, Alabama and Don Wiedmann of Camarillo, CA; daughter, 
Angie Mack and husband, David of Stockton; brother, Ron Koop and wife, Susan 
of Visalia; sisters, Janet Tindall and husband, Mark of Porterville and Diann 
Potter and husband, Steve; sister-in-law, Lynn Taylor and husband, Allen of 
Fresno; and many other loving family members. Donations may be made in lieu of 
flowers to the Shafter High School, Sandy Wiedmann Scholarship Fund. 

Peters Funeral Home-Shafter 
Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 8/31/2005.  


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