SANDY PEKRUL, ORGAN DONOR REPRESENTS OKLAHOMA IN THE DONATE LIFE ROSE PARADE FLOAT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 2019
Sandy will be honored on the 2019 Donate Life Float as an organ donor in a floragraph. A floragraph is a portrait of the donor, created with floral materials such as seeds, grains, spices, dried flowers and other organic materials. She is one of 44 donors to be featured on this year’s float.
Sandy Pekrul, of Enid, Okla., had a huge heart – she would act on an impulse of kindness to make sure everyone she cared for knew they were loved by her – and would spoil her friends and family with every chance she had. She could always be found wearing a smile and flashing her beautiful blue eyes.
She enjoyed helping with community events and loved volunteering her time to help others. She loved the church and singing in her church choir every Sunday. Sandy adored her yellow lab puppy, Lucy and went on walks around the neighborhood often.
She enjoyed having people over and hosting parties. Sandy would often tell very bad jokes which everyone laughed at because of her contagious laugh. She was someone that everyone enjoyed being around and always welcomed friends and family with big, open arms.
Sandy cherished every moment with her children, Adam and Angela, and was involved in every school and afterschool activity for them. She would sometimes bring her kids to work with her when she worked at a local TV station, allowing her kids to help host one of the shows. On their birthdays, Sandy would get so much joy out of surprising her kids with the house decorated in balloons and streamers.
She wanted to be friends with her children, before a mom. She was protective of her kids and constantly wanted to know what was going on in their life and would often embarrass her kids in front of their friends.
After an unexpected and tragic event, Sandy did not survive. She was a registered organ donor, had discussed donation with her family. Her generous spirit in life was able to continue to be generous to others through the lifesaving gift of organ donation. One of her lifesaving gifts went to Mike McClellin, float rider in the 2019 Donate , who honors Sandy through his actions every day. Through Mike’s interactions with Sandy’s family, he is able to remind them of her generosity.
She enjoyed helping with community events and loved volunteering her time to help others. She loved the church and singing in her church choir every Sunday. Sandy adored her yellow lab puppy, Lucy and went on walks around the neighborhood often.
She enjoyed having people over and hosting parties. Sandy would often tell very bad jokes which everyone laughed at because of her contagious laugh. She was someone that everyone enjoyed being around and always welcomed friends and family with big, open arms.
Sandy cherished every moment with her children, Adam and Angela, and was involved in every school and afterschool activity for them. She would sometimes bring her kids to work with her when she worked at a local TV station, allowing her kids to help host one of the shows. On their birthdays, Sandy would get so much joy out of surprising her kids with the house decorated in balloons and streamers.
She wanted to be friends with her children, before a mom. She was protective of her kids and constantly wanted to know what was going on in their life and would often embarrass her kids in front of their friends.
After an unexpected and tragic event, Sandy did not survive. She was a registered organ donor, had discussed donation with her family. Her generous spirit in life was able to continue to be generous to others through the lifesaving gift of organ donation. One of her lifesaving gifts went to Mike McClellin, float rider in the 2019 Donate , who honors Sandy through his actions every day. Through Mike’s interactions with Sandy’s family, he is able to remind them of her generosity.