Sondra Turner

Sondra (Cooper) Turner, 81 of Zionsville, IN passed away May 19, 2022. Sondra was born on December 29, 1940, to Kenneth and Oressa Irene Frances (Smith) Cooper in Edinburg, IN. The family moved to Indianapolis where she attended Garden City grade school on Rockville Road and went on to Ben Davis High School graduating in 1959.

She attended IU where she joined the Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority. In 1964, she graduated from Purdue University. She married Robert L. Turner, and they later divorced in 1979. She returned to college at Ball State and graduated in 1995 with her MA in Gerontology. She lived in Lebanon, Indiana and began her professional career in social work in 1979 for the Central Indiana Council on Ageing. She loved working with and helping her clients.

Her children and grandchildren were the love of her life and her support system. She also loved all types of animals, and she took great interest in their welfare. She loved oil painting, traveling, dancing and theater life. She truly enjoyed all of her family, good friends and their friendships.

Sondra was preceded in death by her son Timothy Turner. Sondra is survived by her daughter Lisa Melton of Whitestown and sons, Gregory and Matthew Turner both of Zionsville and her four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Inurnment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lebanon, IN.