Sandra Cropper
By Ron Hayes
COUNTY POCKET — Sandra and Reese Cropper bought a winter condo in Ocean Ridge 15 years ago, stayed seven seasons and loved the area so much they decided to search for a bigger home.
They found the county pocket.
“My wife loved the pocket,” her husband recalled recently. “The neighborhood, and all the typical old Florida homes that never change. We call it Margaritaville.”
Sandra Lois Cropper died on the morning of Aug. 22 at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton after battling ovarian cancer for more than year. She was 72.
Mrs. Cropper was born in Midland City, Ala., and lived much of the year in Ocean City, Md., where she was a co-founder, with her previous husband, Karl, of Offenbacher Pool & Patio. She served on the board of Meyers Siding Condo there, and was a member of the Dunes Club of Ocean City.
“She just had a great personality that made her an instant friend to everyone she met,” her husband said. “She was just so special, and we’re all better to have had her in our lives.”
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Lawrence Jeffery Nyce of North Potomac, Md., and Robert Todd Offenbacher of South Lake Tahoe, Calif.; two grandchildren, Lawrence Todd Nyce and Olive Dakota Offenbacher; two step granddaughters, Taylor Clark and Jordan Clark; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
A memorial service will be announced later.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Hospice by the Sea, 1531 W. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, FL 33486, or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
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