Sandra Renée Harlow Samore passed away in her home surrounded by her loving family on

December 17, 2026, in Wellington Florida, after a courageous battle with aggressive pancreatic

stage IV cancer. After her diagnosis, Sandra responded with determination and unrelenting

focus to this devastating, relentless disease. In the face of her pancreatic cancer diagnosis, Sandra

sought solutions, remedies and counsel with forthrightness andintelligent calm. No one could

have been more thorough and courageous.

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     Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Sandra attended Morningside College in Sioux City. There she met

her husband David when they were both cast in a summer community theater production of a

musical melodrama. Their shared love of family, performance arts and travel guided them

throughout their 50 years of life together.

 

     Sandra graduated in 1976 with certifications to teach Theater and English. After a year of

teaching in Colombia, Sandy and David moved north to Palm Beach County, Florida where she

taught Drama and English, until earning her master’s degree in Library Media Science. Sandra

was then a K-12 Library Media Specialist until her retirement in 2020. 

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     In Spain, Sandra discovered her passion for flamenco dance in her 20s, which ignited a lifelong

dedication to the art, performing professionally for 40+ years. Sandra published her memoir,

Freed By Flamenco, in 2022 describing her life journey of dance and motherhood, encouraging

others to “make your own sunshine.”

 

     If Sandra were physically here with us now, she would urge us all to take time to “smell the

flowers”, be observant of Nature and, above all, remember that people will not remember what

you accomplished as much as they will recall how they felt when they were with you.

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     An avid ballroom dancer, artist, athlete, gardener, pollinator advocate, and traveler, Sandy’s

supreme pride and commitment was that of being the mother of her two sons. Sandra is

survived by David, her husband of 48 years and her two sons, Dylan (Caryn) and Bradley

(Yordanos),one grandson, her brother Richard Harlow (Elaine) and her sister Sherri Harlow

Stanley (David).

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     There will be a celebration of Sandra Samore’s remarkable life on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at

11:00AM at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Florida. 

 

     In lieu of flowers or gifts, all donations are encouraged to be sent to Pancreatic Cancer Action

Network (pancan.org), or the Lustgarten Foundation (lustgarten.org).