Sandra Shuster

SHUSTER, SANDRA ELEENEPassed away in her sleep on Sunday, September 30, 2012. Sandy was a graduate of Hobbs High School who came to Albuquerque to study literature at the University of New Mexico. While enrolled there, she met and married Don B. Shuster, whose naval service took them to Pensacola, then to Guam, and later to Virginia Beach, Spain, England and (less glamorously) to Lubbock, Texas. Their world travels took them to three continents, filling them with stories that continue to echo through Sandy's house after her death. Don was frequently deployed for long stretches of time, a hardship that Sandy bore with grace. When Don retired from the Navy after 20 years of service, they returned home with their three children to Albuquerque. Sandy was a devoted mother to Kate, Will and Matthew Shuster. Her husband Don passed away in 1998 to great sadness in the family. Sandy worked hard to keep her family together, lighting luminarias every Christmas and keeping everyone entertained with her notoriously wicked sense of humor and her endless curiosity about current events. Those who knew her found her to be a true, loyal, lifetime friend. Sandy was a voracious reader with a lifelong love of learning who came to know the library workers on a first-name basis and whose retirement seemed powered by histories and mysteries. She was known for her interest in eccentric hats. She is survived by her mother, Catherine Dulaney, her brother Jack Dulaney, her daughter, Kate Shuster, her sons, Will Shuster and Matthew Shuster, her son-in-law Stephen Stetson, her brothers-in-law Mark Shuster, Tom Shuster, and Paul Shuster, her nieces Grace, Kathleen and Jessica, and her nephews Ben, Jon, Robert and Sam. She will be interred next to her husband Don at the Santa Fe National Cemetery on Thursday, October 11th at 11:15 AM. The family requests that donations in Sandy's honor support her beloved San Pedro Library. Checks should be made out to Friends of the Public Library and specify that the donation is for the San Pedro Library. They can be mailed to P.O. Box 26657, Albuquerque, NM, 87125. Please visit our online guest book for Sandra at University Blvd NE505-843-6333