Sandra Kay McKean, age 78 of Drexel

Sandra Kay McKean, 78 of Drexel, Missouri passed away Monday, December 1, 2025 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas.  A visitation will be held Saturday, December 13, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Mullinax Funeral Home, Drexel Chapel (816-657-4400).  Funeral services will follow at 11:00 am Saturday, December 13, 2025, also at the funeral home.  Burial will take place in La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Kansas.  Memorial contributions may be made in lieu of flowers, to St. Jude Children's Hospital or the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.  Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

 Sandy was born to Roy and Mabel (Snider) Andrews on November 16^th, 1947, in Wichita, Kansas. She graduated from South High School in Wichita in 1966. Sandy met her husband, John McKean, in the school play “Damn Yankees” in 1965, and they wed the following year in South Carolina. Throughout her life, Sandy had several careers; she first worked at Johnson Greenhouse and owned her own ceramics shop in Mount Hope before moving to the Kansas City area, where she sold her handmade clothing in a boutique in Weston, MO, and then later worked as a receptionist at Western Dental and The Whole Person.

Sandy had quite the green thumb and enjoyed gardening, along with decorating, sewing, crafting, ballroom dancing, watching British TV shows and movies, and was known as the Hat Lady at church. She loved cats and owned many throughout her life. She could find potential in the most ordinary things and turn them into unique, fun, crafty items. Her love for fantasy is reflected in her trinkets and décor, full of fairies, unicorns, and dragons.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Mabel, siblings Jeannette, Roy, Harold, Paul, Diane, and Tim, son Darren, and grandsons Douglas and Brandon.

 She is survived by her husband, John McKean, and their twin daughters Christine Jackson (Dennis) and Kathleen Russell (Douglas); grandchildren Elizabeth (Kyle), Jon, Hope (Brandon), Megan (James), Samantha, and Erin; and great-grandchildren Hunter, Bryan, Lexi, Vincent, Raven, and Oliver.

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