Aug. 11, 1939 Aug. 10, 2024

passed away Aug. 10, 2024, one day before her 85th birthday. Sandra was born in Houston, Texas, in 1939 to two identical twins, Pansy McVoy Lynn and Clifford Wilton Lynn.

With strong family ties to Lexington and Tanglewood, Sandra loved traveling on the weekends to “the country” with her parents, older sister Virginia and little brother Barry, where they spent time with her many cousins and her Grammy Lynn, who milked cows and raised chickens on the family homestead well into her 90s.

Sandra graduated from San Jacinto High School and while working at Humble Oil, met a poor boy from Boerne who played basketball for Rice University. By 1974, Bill, Sandra and their two girls and two boys permanently left Houston for Bill’s hometown.

Sandra embraced life in Boerne and became very involved in supporting the Greyhounds, watching her daughter, Dawn, in the homecoming court, her daughter Cindy as a varsity cheerleader, and sons Billy and Wade as varsity football players.

Friday night football games were a staple in the Canavan household for many years. During the season, the Canavan dinner table typically included the family as well as a coach, and a player or two.

Sandra was known for her amazing chicken and rice, chocolate chip pancakes, cowboy eggs, and chicken fried backstrap. Her Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners were truly feasts.

Sandra became a grandmother and single woman in 1989, embracing both with the same gusto and positivity as she did every hurdle in life. Being a grandmother was her calling, second only to motherhood. There was nothing more special to her grandchildren than spending a weekend at Grammy’s house.

Sandra’s creative talents were limitless, and she wrote that daydreaming was a favorite hobby. Sandra was an accomplished artist, managed the Antler’s Restaurant, was an interior decorator at Diane Flack and Leonard Furniture, worked in real estate for Coldwell Banker Realty, opened Crystals and Tin Art Gallery, produced two cookbooks with her best friends and was very involved in the Boerne art community.

Sandra was a Wednesday night Awana leader, working with children at First Baptist Church for many years.

Sandra is survived by two daughters, Dawn Canavan Ortega and Lucinda Lynn Canavan, two sons, William Edward (Mary) Canavan Jr. and Wade Everett Canavan; 10 grandchildren, Kathryn Nicole, Emery Canavan Dugas, Wyatt Elliot Canavan, Katherine Mantz Berry, Alec Rodolfo Ortega, Kelsey Canavan Mantz, Nicolas Carlo Ortega, Kyla Elise Green, Wade Evan Canavan and Sunny Mikayla Canavan; six great-grandchildren; her brother, Barry Wilton Lynn; and numerous beloved friends, cousins, nieces and nephews.

Sandra is preceded in death by her parents, the father of her children, and her sister, Virginia Lynn Eason.

Sandra’s family and friends will miss her greatly, but are comforted by the unconditional love she gave, the multitude of memories they have knowing Sandra lived each day to its very fullest, and a belief that she has joined her heavenly Father.

To leave condolences for the family, please visit www.ebensberger-fisher. com. Arrangements with Ebensberger Fisher Funeral Home of Boerne.