Sandy was one of the first Scully's I met while Mike and I were just dating, back in 2008. I had flown up from Charlotte for a visit, and we went to the Daffodil Festival that weekend. I met Tom and Sandy when we parked at their house for the festival.  I remember how warm and kind Sandy was, and her smile just lit up her face. She and Tom were both so welcoming, and really made me feel like a part of the family.

In the following years, I would come to learn that the warmth, kindness, and generosity I experienced that day was Sandy's "signature look". She was always smiling, and making the best of every situation. Her laugh was contagious, and I can still hear it in my mind. She loved her family so much, and had an amazing way of making those around her feel loved. Whether it was helping out someone in need, cooking a holiday meal (her stuffed bread was the best!), or simply spending time together and talking, she was a joy to be around.

I am reminded of how much fun our two children had with her during our last visit to CT. She certainly had a way with kids, and ours were no exception. I remember how much fun they were having, laughing and giggling...

My hope is that Sandy's legacy will live on through those who knew her and loved her. I know she has inspired me to be a better person, and to live my life with as much joy and gratitude as she did. Sandy truly was a gift to all of us, and I will miss her terribly.

Rest in sweet peace, Sandy.

Honor, faith, love, and loyalty served with a warm, genuine smile are all words that come to mind when I think of Sandy. I am honored and privileged to have walked under this beautiful umbrella. It is still a challenge to think of such great beauty in the past tense. I am comforted knowing that all the wonder that was Sandy lives on in my heart even without her presence.

It seems that we were friends forever. It was our shared faith that made the initial connection but it quickly grew to a deep, abiding friendship. We shared struggles. We cried together. We laughed together. We prayed together. We celebrated together. We loved together. Most of all, our friendship existed without boundaries. 

I will always cherish Tom and Sandy visiting at my mother's wake. We were fairly new friends at the time. This was a small example of Sandy's heart. I was gifted with the joy of seeing the Scully family grow together in greater love as Tommy and Susie experienced teenage struggles and matured. They returned not only to their family but to God and their faith. I will always remember celebrating...SummerJam...Holidays....25th Anniversary...beach days....and just being together for a meal or a visit. Being in Sandy's presence was always a present!

There is so much I could say but I am being blinded by tears. Sandy lived her faith through love, sharing it with her genuine, beautiful, encompassing smile. My life is so much richer for having had the treasure of Sandy in it. Her memory will always bring a smile not only to my lips but to my heart. 

Your precious memory will be treasured until we meet again!    Love, Elizabeth

There was a sparkle in her happy tear filled eyes as she looked at me, the bride to be, in the wedding dress I had chosen. She nodded her head and told me I was beautiful. As I turned around to look in the mirror, she came up behind me, put her gentle hands on my shoulder, and whispered, "Papa and I want to buy this dress for you". I was overcome with emotion, and completely lost for words. All I could do was gaze into her lovely face and think of how blessed I was to be marrying into this family. She was more than I had prayed for in a mother in law, so the name "mama" was fitting and deemed perfection. 

This is just one of the many instances that I felt completely loved and supported by mama. With every milestone in our lives - from engagement, to marriage, to moving, to having her granddaughters - she was there, cheering us on, with lots of happy tears and hugs along the way. Every time we departed, we shared tight, long, comfortable hugs and tears ran down her silky cheeks at our departure. These moments were the only time I ever saw her cry tears of sadness. What I would give to hug her long and tight and whisper how much she is missed.

She was more than an answer to my prayers for a mama, she was my 3 young daughters "Naunnie". Every year, we received many cards and gifts for birthdays, Christmas, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, and many times just because we were constantly on her mind. Those gifts are now treasures we will hold onto in memory of her love. 

Although I was blessed to call her mama for 6 years, the moments we shared together felt like an eternity. And eternity is what we will spend together, one day not too far away. We both share a love for water and the sun, and I envision long blissful walks through heavenly gardens to go to the river of life as we dip our toes in the perfectly cool, healing waters. 

Until that day, my heart is saddened at too sudden a departure. At the same time, overflowing with joy at the daily daydreams I have of eternity together. Until then, Mama, I will tell of your love to your granddaughters, and anyone else who will listen. I will miss you everyday, especially the really special days that we cherished together. I will envision your infectious smile, and replay your contagious giggle in my head. I will see you in the ocean, and the sun, all the flowers and all the beauty in the world. And I will forever long for that warm embrace of yours as we cry tears of joy, fulfilling the longed for reunion of eternity together, at last.

Sandra D. Scully was a remarkable women from an wonderful family. She worked as an Executive Assistant for the National Association of Social Workers, NASW, CT Chapter. She was going to Tunxis Community College to finish her Business Office Technology degree. Her career began as a home daycare provider like her mother before her. Raising two kids, Tommy and Susie wither husband Tom she worked her way from The Sunshine Patch home daycare in New Britain, CT to New Britain General Hospital’s daycare center. From there she advanced to an Office Assistant position and began taking classes for each level of promotion she received. After New Britain General Hospital became The Hospital of Central CT Sandy worked at Ana Reynolds School in Newington, CT as School Secretary until a need arose at Wellspring Church for a Secretary. Sandy was very excited to work at the church formally known as Kensington Baptist Church where she and Tom raised their kids attending every Sunday. She even invited her daughter Susie to come work as Treasurer which was a delightful duo while it lasted. Tom was working for the Town of West Hartford Lead Abatement program until his division was downsized sending them to North Carolina where Tom worked for HUD in 2012 and Sandy found work at a local church in NC. As much as Tom and Sandy enjoyed their new neighbors, jobs, and church family; being away from family was very difficult. As Sandy’s mother Dotty needed live in care, Tom was able to transfer back to CT for a hardship to live with Dotty and care for her. Sandy was working, going to school just about to finally earn her degree, and caring for her mother when tragedy struck.

As Sandy left work at noon on Wednesday April 6, 2016 she went to the Rocky Hill Stop and Shop to buy groceries for her mother like she had done every week. She was in the crosswalk where there is a stop sign, entering the front doors of the store when a worker’s truck struck her. The injuries she sustained were non-survivable despite Hartford Hospital’s best efforts to revive her. Sandy passed away on Thursday April 7, 2016 surrounded by family and friends.

This is not the first time someone has been killed in this very same Town Line Plaza parking lot. Four years ago two people were pinned under a car here, one of them died. The Scully family is working closely with the Rocky Hill Police Department as well as the Mid State Traffic Investigation Team to get answers as to why this keeps happening and what can be done so it doesn’t happen again.  

Tunxis Community College has reached out to Tom and family inviting them to the Commencement ceremony on June 1, 2016. There will be a certificate given to Tom on Sandy’s behalf and the Business Office Technology Award will be given in her name to honor the legacy she left as an aspiring and outstanding student.

Sandy was so many things during her life, always caring for others in everything she did. First with her husband and children, then through The Sunshine Patch caring for other’s children in her own home. She was dedicated and career driven to always improve herself and motivate others. Sandy was a woman of faith, she loved the Lord God and His people. Her life story is a true testimony of God’s great love and kindness for all who were blessed to know her. You can read more from those who knew here on this memorial page forevermissed.com/SandyScully, a growing tribute to her life compiled of loving stories, touching tributes, and pictures of her infamous smile. 

My first memories with Sandy were from almost 30 years ago. I was her nutrition coordinator for her home daycare. I can remebrer our visits as if they were just recently. Little Tommy and Susie would be running in their Jammies, talking about there newly painted rooms and jumping around their bunk beds. The daycare kids would be playing and Sandy would be preparing a meal or snack for me to observe.

As soon we were done with paperwork it was our time to chat about Italian recipes,the family and even our faith. We would encourage each other, share life stories and end with a good laugh and a hug. With in a short time I had the privilege of meeting most of her family as her Mom and Dad,sister Sue and Aunt also opened there own daycare.  Years later we reconnected at Kensington Baptist and Wellspring. We picked up right were we left off ,sharing laughing and praying with each other. I was  privileged to share life group with Sandy over the years. Sandy was loved. A special sister In Christ who loved life,Tom,Susie,Tommy her grandchildren and her family. I remember her smile as she would walk into church with Lexi. She beamed and was the happiest Nonnie.  The heartfelt stories of relationships,love,vulnerbility, realness honesty and life remain fresh in my mind and close to my heart with the memories of sweet and beautiful Sandy. Tears may come at strange times....but are wiped away as I picture you and our sweet Maxton laughing while snacking on Italian cookies.

Until we meet again......I love you girlfriend. Give Maxton another hug from me.

When my brother Tom married her back in August of 1981, I did not know Sandy, his new wife, very well.  We had only met a few times.  What I remembered most about her was her friendliness, her beautiful smile, and her contagious laugh.  And I remembered thinking on their wedding day that my brother was a very lucky guy to have found her.  Sandy was a beautiful person, inside and out, and I could see how happy she made those around her feel.   Little did I know on that day what a good friend she would become to me over the next 35+ years.  It’s hard to know what I’ll miss most about her – perhaps her ability to turn any situation into something fun and memorable, or possibly her amazing generosity.  She was always so willing to offer a helping hand to anyone who needed assistance of any kind.  I must confess that, selfishly, I will also miss her amazing cooking, along with everyone else who was ever lucky enough to be a guest at her table.  I always marveled at her incredible culinary skills, which were at a level that could have allowed her to be a professional chef, had she chosen to be one.   It was a talent that came to her so effortlessly, because cooking was such a great love of hers.

And there’s more…   I will miss her unflinching optimism, how she could see the bright side of just about every situation, no matter how dire or frustrating.   And the way she would light up when she talked about her family, especially Tom, her children, and her grandchildren.  I will miss her stories about her family’s adventures and her ability to laugh at life’s misadventures.  But most of all, I think that I will miss her kindness.  We need more of that brand of kindness in this world, and I will do my best to be someone who will continue to spread kindness to others as my way of honoring her memory.  She helped me to be a better person just by her example.  I will miss everything that made her ….her.  Rest in peace, my friend.  You will be missed more than you could ever imagine.  You have made this world a better place by being in it.  Everyone who knew you, loved you, and always will.  Love, Kathy