Sandra Kay Hawk was born on January 6, 1968 in San Bernadino, CA to Gary and Mary Kay (Olson) Fetsch. She graduated from Hartington High School in 1986. Sandy went on attend the College of Hair and Design in Lincoln, NE. She operated a beauty salon in Laurel and worked at salons in Wayne and Beemer, NE. Sandy managed the Pizza Hut in Wisner for 14 years, managed the Cobblestone Inn in Wayne, worked at Pronto in Beemer and later in the Wisner-Pilger School Cafeteria, and was currently the Assistant Manager of Horizon Inn and Suites in West Point, NE.

On August 9, 1997, she was united in marriage to Randy Hawk at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Hartington, NE. Sandy was a lifetime member of the VFW Auxiliary. She loved spending time with family and friends, watching her beloved Minnesota Vikings and Nebraska Cornhuskers. Sandy enjoyed gardening and tending to her flowers. Sandy cherished meeting new people and fostering those relationships.