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William Sandy
William Sandy, 94, of Longboat Key, Florida and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, died after sunset on 23 April 2024. The Funeral was held at IRA KAUFMAN CHAPEL on Sunday, 28 April 2024 at 11:30 AM . Rabbi Mark Miller officiated. Click  to watch a video of the recorded service.Interment at Beth El Memorial Park, 28120 6 Mile Road, Livonia MI 48152.
William (Bill) Sandy, age 94, of Longboat Key, FL and Bloomfield Hills, MI, passed away peacefully at his Longboat Key home on April 23, 2024, from leukemia/lymphoma. Bill led an amazing, exuberant, fully authentic life as a writer, business executive, entrepreneur, small-town mayor, and philanthropist. Raised in Baltimore, MD, Bill’s college fraternity brother encouraged him to come to Detroit, MI in 1953 to join the booming automotive industry, He landed a writer job at the Jam Handy Company, the Detroit-based innovative sales training organization. Bill’s astute observations and relationship skills caught founder Jam Handy’s attention, and Bill became the account executive for Chevrolet and other GM clients, serving as a speechwriter, coach and informal advisor to automotive industry leaders. When Handy retired, he supported Bill’s desire to start his own company, the Bill Sandy Company, later named Sandy Corporation. The company, founded in 1971, provided sales training, distance learning, and other services to clients around the world, and became a public company in 1986. The company was sold to ADP in 1996 upon Bill’s retirement. While Bill’s business success was important to him, he always felt his highest achievement was his family. He fell in love with Marjorie Mazor, a quiet, shy, beautiful freshman on the high school paper he edited. Bill and Marge married in 1952, and they have been inseparable ever since. With three children, nine grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren, Bill and Margie treasured and prioritized their family, hosting annual family reunions, memorable cruises across the world, and many other fun and love-filled adventures. To Bill, “family was everything”-all were welcome, all were included. Along the way, Bill served as Mayor of Bloomfield Hills, MI, attended Harvard Business School, and served on governing/advisory Boards at the Cranbrook Institute of Science, Asolo Repertory Theater, Harvard Business School, Oakland University, and the University of Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities, among many others, and established the Sandy Family Foundation to support myriad charitable endeavors. Bill published two books, Solving the Productivity Paradox and Learning from Upheaval, the latter intended to share personal and business lessons from his life with his grandchildren. In it, he wrote: “With all of life’s stumbles and challenges, I was lucky enough to get the big things right”. Bill was the patriarch of the extended family, always open to listening, reflecting and offering perspective. He was generous—with his time, with his attention, with his affection, and with his good fortune. He was welcoming-of differences, of dialogue, of alternatives. And he was loving-he loved Margie, his family, his friends, his journey. Preceded in death by sister Ferle Cantor, grandson Jacob Sandy and daughter-in-law Kathy Sandy; survived by wife Marjorie (Margie) Sandy; children Alan (Lisa Ericksen), Lewis (Sue Hassmiller) and Barbara (Matt Golub); grandchildren Matt, Natalie, Dove, Charlotte, Paul, Noah, Sam, and Ari and their spouses Chrissy, Steve, Lizelle, and Matt, and great-grandchildren Abigail, William, Charlie, Caroline, Elijah, Felicity, and Macario. Family and friends will be gathering on Sunday immediately following the interment until 6:00 p.m. at Somerset Inn, 2601 W. Big Beaver, Troy, MI 48084. It is suggested that those who wish to further honor the memory of William Sandy may do so by making a contribution to: Asolo Repertory TheatreClick to Visit Charity Website |