Obituary of Sandra Gieske Larriva

Sandi passed peacefully asleep at home with family May 12, 2020 after dealing with Parkinson’s disease for years and finally cancer.  Sandi was a loving, beautiful, kind, wonderful, strong, intelligent and fun loving person.  She was a caring, patient, and supporting wife and mother, consistently the #1 fan at all of her daughters events, and there were many!  As an ardent feminist she always fought for what was right.  She was a Graduate of Catalina High School and Northern Arizona University; a Girl Scout and Leader who loved camping and the outdoors; a Commissioner on the Tucson Women’s Commission; former counselor at Tucson Job Corp, employee at Pima County Juvenile Court, United Bank, and a Law Office Manager until she retired.  She is survived by her mother Peggy L. Lockard of Tucson, father Douglas N. Gieske of Sequim, brother David Gieske, niece Rita Hagan, great nephew Braedon Rothrock, sisters in law Lisa Larriva and Michele Blue, nieces Chelsea Cox and Laiah Blue, Husband of 45 years Phillip H. Larriva, Daughters Alexis Larriva (Kristjan Laumets), Amanda Larriva and Marti Larriva (Owen Allen), and grandchildren Khloe, Lukas, Beckett and Ivy.

Donations may be made in her honor to:  Parkinson’s & Movement Disorder Alliance at www.pmdalliance.org/give/ or to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation at bcrf.org