Regina Lewis
53w
Enjoying Movies with Michelle
Shelli and mom loved going to movies together
In loving memory
Sandra Rae Welch
Mrs
April 21, 1938 – September 6, 2025
Lived 87 years
Rose Hills Memorial Park · Whittier, California
Life story
Sandra was born and grew-up in Yutan, Nebraska. Married Gary Phillip Krahmer and had two daughter, Regina and Michelle. Divorce Gary Krahmer. Met and fell in love with Ronald Dean Welch. Married Ronald D Welch. Worked for the City of Cerritos in the Public Works Department.
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The world Sandra knew
Family milestones in gold, history for context
1938
Born April 21
1938
Loving daughter of Edgar and Verna Schutz
1939
Sandra was 1 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1944
Sister of Elaine Sittner (Schutz)
1944
Sandra was 6 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1955
Sandra was 17 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat
1957
Mother of Regina Lewis (Welch/Krahmer)
1958
Mother of Michelle Welch (Krahmer)
1960
Four Generations (Gina/Shelli/Mom/Grandma Verna/Great grandma Roger’s
1969
Sandra was 31 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1976
Sandra was 38 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1980
Grandma to Jamie Lee Lewis
1982
Grandma of Jennifer Lee Lewis
1982
Sandra was 44 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Sandra was 60 when Google was founded
2007
Sandra was 69 when the first iPhone went on sale
2015
Sandra was 77 when "Hamilton" opened on Broadway
2022
Sandra was 84 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2025
Add’l photos
2025
Interment funeral service
2025
Services to say goodbye
2025
Thank you City of Cerritos
2025
Mom and Dad reunited
2025
Add’l photos of funeral
2025
Passed away September 6, age 87
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Regina Lewis
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We miss mom
Your love is stitched into every sunrise, every quiet moment that feels like home. Heaven holds you and dad now, but your light still lives here-in all the ways you taught us to love.
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Rose Hills Memorial Park
Whittier, California
Plot: 1440-Aki Wall; Section 1 Lot D Niche 17
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