Sandra Heinrich

8/21/1940 — 10/26/2016

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Sandra "Sandy" Mae Heinrich, 76, passed away Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston from complications of long-term illness. Her family was by her side.

Sandy was born Aug. 21, 1940, to Ken and Helen Mosby in Brewster, Wash. She was raised on family homesteads in the Okanogan Valley and graduated from Okanogan High School in 1957 and Washington State University in 1964. Growing up, Sandy was involved with 4-H, Rainbow and Okanogan Eastern Star chapter. Her passion for 4-H carried forward, and she was active as a leader and community leader for many years. After teaching in Tonasket, Wash., and Okanogan, Wash., Sandy and her husband Bill of 56 years moved to Weippe in 1970. Sandy spent years as a teacher at Timberline High School, Pierce Elementary, and Pierce/Timberline Middle School from 1970 to her retirement in 2004.

During her teaching years, Sandy, known to many as Mrs. H, was actively involved in a variety of school organizations, such as drama club and yearbook adviser. She was passionate about creating hands-on, interesting learning experiences for her students. She was also a voracious reader and loved to write letters and notes, always thinking about making someone's day better, even during her illness.

Sandy always felt the most "at home" in the mountains. She helped her husband Bill and his business partner Rob Smith run their successful big game outfitting business for more than 34 years.

Sandy was an accomplished horsewoman, and she and Bill raised and trained many horses and had various farm animals. She occasionally rescued and released injured or abandoned wild animals, too.

Sandy is survived by her husband of 56 years, Bill Heinrich; sister Mary Lou Mosby of Malott, Wash.; daughters Diane VanCorbach and husband Van of Weippe, and Doreen Breish and her husband Kurt of Garden Valley, Idaho; and three granddaughters, Kristina VanCorbach, Mikayla Compton and Nicole Feigt.

No services will be held for Sandy. To celebrate Sandy's life and her love of teaching, the family has set up the Sandy Heinrich Memorial Scholarship Fund. Memorial donations can be made in care of the fund at Potlatch No. 1 Federal Credit Union (P1FCU), 1167 Michigan Ave., Orofino, ID 83544; or Idaho Youth Ranch at www.youthranch.org.

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