Sandra Catherine West
July 15, 1949 – Oct. 18, 2016

LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sandra West, 67 years old, a Lakeport resident, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

A resident of Kelseyville since 1996, she was born in San Francisco to Anna Belle Parrish and Walter Roger Liu. She was raised in South San Francisco by her mother Anna and stepfather Prospecto Cruz Palacios (Poppa Tom).

She attended El Rancho Elementary School, Alta Loma Junior High and graduated from El Camino High School where she met life-long friends.

She attended City College in San Francisco and majored in business. She was experienced in many areas of business – her favorites being finance, public relations, sales and marketing.

Sandra was the former co-owner of the Edgewater Resort in Kelseyville and facilitator for the Mt. Konocti Facilitation, a California Nonprofit Organization.

Early on Sandra was a devoted youth education teacher/facilitator for the National Council on Alcoholism & Other Drug Addictions in San Francisco.

Sandra is survived by her beloved and cherished dogs, Bita and Rachael; her sister, Ilona Montoya and husband Victor Montoya; nephew, Victor Michael Montoya; niece, Elisa Montoya-Takahashi and husband Kuniuki Takahashi and their children Toshiuki and Ariuki Takahashi, along with her daughter Cassandra Daughtry and two grandchildren, Mercedez and Sabrina.

A celebration of life is being planned in Kelseyville in January. If you would like to be notified with details of The Celebration, please send your email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Arrangements by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary, 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .