Sandra K. “Sandy” Perry, 83 of Gifford, died at 9:27 a.m. Monday, November 2, 2026, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 9, 2026, at Baier Family Funeral Services, Paxton with Pastor Michael Wooton officiating. Burial will follow at Rankin Union Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour before the funeral service on Monday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. also at the funeral home.

Sandra was born January 9, 1943, in Danville the daughter of John H. and Jessie Hutchison Perry.

She is survived by two sisters, Nancy (Ernie) Williams of Linn, Missouri; Diane Brackemyre of Rantoul; her nieces and nephews, Craig (Karen) Williams of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and their children, Lindsey (Chad) Vanhorn, Mackenzie, Cayden and Carson, Karlie (Ron) Smith of Crestwood, Kentucky, Carrie Williams of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Corey Williams of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Randy (Emma) Williams of Linn, Missouri and their children, Audrey (Cole) Menzwasser and Lauren and Natalie Williams; Karin Rickley of Rantoul and her son, Gabriel Rickley; Peter Rickley of Champaign; Valerie (Michael) Wooton of Union, Kentucky and their children, Norah and Ava Wooton.

She was preceded in death by her parents and brother-in-law, John Brackemyre.

Sandra graduated from Paxton High School in 1961 and from Eastern Illinois University in 1965. She lived in Rankin, rural Paxton and Clarence before moving to Streator in 1965. Sandra taught at Garfield, Grant, and Centennial Schools in Streator and was a member of the original faculty when Centennial School was opened in 1970 (Streator Elementary School District 45 and 44).

She was a member of the Streator Elementary Teachers’ Association, NEA-IEA, Park Church, P.E.O. Sisterhood and the Illinois valley Investment Club.

Memorials may be made to an organization of the family’s choice. Condolences and memories can be shared with the family at www.baierfuneralservices.com.