Sandra Rewalt
February 09, 2021
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Sandra Rowley Borland Rewalt, 76, passed away on February 9, 2021 at Kavanagh House in Des Moines.
Sandra was born on April 25, 1944 to Lester and Norma (Hardenbrook) Rowley in Des Moines, Iowa.
She was a graduate of East High School, class of 1962. She was a member of the first class of nurses to graduate from DMACC in 1977. She was a dedicated nurse for her entire career, retiring from the Harold Hughes Rehabilitation Center.
She is survived by her husband of 32 years, Gary Rewalt; children, Joe Borland, John Borland, Jim Borland (Tamara); step-children, Al Rewalt (Dana), Michelle Byers; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her mother Norma Hardenbrook Rowley and father Lester Rowley.
A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon St., Des Moines. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to services.
In lieu of flowers please make memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association.
Condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.
Laird and Evelyn Thomason
02/17/2021
My brothers, Dave and Marv and I considered Sandy as the sister we had not had. This was, of course, after she, in a trailing car, responded to an old guy on a bike taking to a ditch . She had resuscitated him before EMT's arrived. It turned out she was an ER nurse at his hospital where he was to arrest a couple more times that night, and then followed him as a friend in the hospital and after his return to an active life. Later they became poster children for the Red Cross across Iowa, encouraging CPR., he a minister and Kiwanian and she a angel, expanded each others worlds for a time, a relationship that continued through several holidays, We are so sorry to learn of her death. As a Hospice chaplain of 25 years, I am gratified to at least consider she surely received the ministrations of many other nurse/angels as she herself had provided others.
Carol & Mike Holmes
02/11/2021
Gary & family - were so sorry about Sandy. Probably one of the first times I met Sandy was when her sister Pam had a slumber party at their house when we were teenagers almost 60 years ago. Sandy & I alawys said we were shirt tail relation because Pam married my uncle Al! When our kids were growing up, Sandy & Pams families live next door to each other. Love & prayers Gary, Joe, John & Jim plus your extended family and Pam, Anne & Kathy. R. I. P. Sandy