Sandra Lee Glaspell

Sandra Lee Glaspell, of Montrose Colorado passed away peacefully on 04/30/2025 at the age of 85 after a 10-year battle with renal cell carcinoma. Sandra Lee Smith was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma in 1939. She graduated from Denver East High school in 1957. Following graduation from high school she attended the University of Colorado in Boulder. It was during her college years that she met Doug Glaspell on a blind date. After only 8 dates, they became engaged and 6 months later, on June 4, 1960, they were married. They moved to Denver and grew their family with the addition of their daughter Pamela, followed 3 years later by the birth of their son Michael. When Doug began working at the new IBM plant in Boulder, the family relocated to Gunbarrel Estates in Longmont Colorado where they raised their children. Sandra was dedicated to ensuring Pam and Mike had the most incredible childhoods filled with wonderful family memories to share throughout future generations. When the kids were out of elementary school, she began her career with IBM in Boulder. The IBM connection moved them from Longmont to Tucson and then to Dallas. They returned home to Colorado, retiring in Montrose where they spent more than 20 wonderful years together.

Sandra was preceded in death by her parents, Cregg and Ressie Smith, and her sister Jeanie Heller. She is survived by her husband, Doug, of Montrose along with their daughter, Pam Carroll (Bill) of Marietta, Georgia and son Mike Glaspell (Chris) of North Richland Hills, Texas. She is also survived by granddaughter, Christy Johnson (Jeffery) and grandson, Bryan Carroll (Lauren), and 4 great-grandchildren, Harper Johnson, Maxwell Johnson, Landon Carroll and Logan Carroll all from Georgia. She is additionally survived by her sister, Karen Vacca (Don) of Montrose and sister-in-law, Joyce Busch of Omaha.