Sandra (Sandy) Leeann DeFever, 66, passed away in Wichita Kansas on July 17, 2024.
Sandy was born in Wichita Kansas at Wesley Medical Center to James N. (Jim) Clark and Beverly Clark-Payton. She was the second of four kids born. She loved her parents, two brothers Gregory (Greg) Clark and Vincent (Scott) Clark and her sister Susan Edwards-Clark very much.
Sandy held a cosmetology license and was a great stylist and makeup artist at certain times in her life but she really enjoyed being at home keeping a spotless house and making a five star meal every night for her family and children.
Sandy had a great sense for home decorating. Her kids would joke that they had rooms in the house that they couldn’t even walk through. She could really make a home look great. She was also a great artist. She could redo old furniture and make it the best piece in the house. She also enjoyed painting ceramics and wall art.
She cut all her kids hair and a lot of family members hair. She was great at it and enjoyed making all of us look better. It was always a surprise how your hair would come out. She would ask her kids “how do you want it cut” sometimes you would get what you wanted and sometimes she would cut it how she wanted to. Either way it was a good cut. Her son remembers the good old days of the mullet hairstyle “up over the ears mom, don’t touch the back”.
She had a great sense of style. She could wear a thousand dollar dress and make it look good but her talent was making a five dollar dress look like a thousand dollar dress. She could do that effortlessly, she was a very beautiful lady.
She also loved music. All kinds. She would play music on 11 all day cleaning up the house and picking up after her kids. She could hear a song and tell you the year it came out. She had a huge music collection. She could listen to a different song, one after another for days. She was also known to listen to the same song over and over for days. She really enjoyed music.
She was the type to never meet a stranger, most times she enjoyed it, sometimes not. Family, friends, or strangers could always talk to her. She always would have good advice or an encouraging word to give to help us feel better. She loved her whole family very much. We will all miss her very much.
She is preceded in death by her son, Jeffrey Landon DeFever.
She is survived by her parents: James N.(Jim) Clark, Beverly Clark-Payton
Children: Justin (Sara) DeFever, Jacqueline Kathleen (Christopher) Resa, Alexandra (Amber) DeFever, Isabella (Manny) DeFever, father of her children and longtime love DeWayne Lee DeFever
Grandchildren: Autum (Tracy) Gentry, Francessca (Joey) Perez, Julian Perez, Carter (Alexa) DeFever, Sofia (Elijah) D’Arelli, Tristan (Ashtyn) Perez, Zakary (McKenzie) DeFever, Hanna DeFever, Joel DeFever, Tatiana Lopez, Alejandro Lopez Jr, Layla Lopez, Mason Lopez, Luana Javier, Emmanuel Javier
Great grandchildren: Ashton Robbins, Brayden Robbins, Emelia Perez, Rowan DeFever
Brothers: Gregory (Karen) Clark, Vincent Scott Clark
Sister: Susan (Ryan) Edwards
Sister-in-law: Kathy (Michael) Johnson
She had many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews,cousins and friends. Everyone loved Aunt San and she loved them too.