Sandra M. Jefferson of Lawrence died Saturday at University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 72.
Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong Princeton resident before moving to Lawrence in 2000.
A 1953 graduate of Princeton High School, she attended the American Theatre Wing and Rider College.
She was a member of Nassau Presbyterian Church.
She was employed as an administrative secretary for 32 years by the Princeton Regional Schools and was associated with Johnson Park School, which opened in 1959 and closed in 1981 before later reopening. During her tenure she also was instrumental in the school’s spring festival.
From 1961 to 1967 she was the director of the volunteer “candy stripers” at University Medical Center at Princeton.
She served as a Republican committeewoman for District 2 in Princeton Borough and was an officer of the Mercer County Young Republicans and vice chairman and acting chairman of the Young Republicans of N.J. Inc.
She was a member and officer of the Pennington Players, and head of junior activities for Herbert Kenwith’s Princeton Summer Theatre’s Straw Hat Circuit productions at McCarter Theatre.
She was a member of McCarter’s P.J. & B. Company from 1970 until 1990 under the direction of Milton Lyon. During that time she was a chorus member, featured player and stage manager.
Daughter of the late Walter B. Jr. and Williamina “Winnie” M. Jefferson, she is survived by an aunt and uncle, Robert B. and Barbara F. Jefferson, and five cousins.
The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Ave., Princeton. Her cousin, the Rev. Donna M. Bevensee, will officiate.
Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery.
