Sandra Tilley

Sandra L. Tilley (May 6, 1945 or 1946 After marrying, Tilley and her husband both relocated to Texas and settled in the Houston area. Tilley developed a brain tumor around 1979, and surgery was performed at a hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, in late-1983. Tilley died after having a brain aneurysm on September 9, 1983, at the age of 37 or 38 (sources differ). She was buried in Highland Park Cemetery in Highland Ohio. In 2002, it was reported that no grave marker had been created for Tilley’s final resting place, and she remains in an unmarked grave, however in recent years, her former Vandella band mate, Lois Reeves, has made a few efforts to have a marker created for Tilley. Tilley had no children, and was survived by her husband and grandmother.