Coale, Zandra Irene Sperling Lewis

Zandra Irene (Lewis) Sperling Coale, 89, Gaithersburg, MD, passed
away May 5, 2010. Born March 24, 1921, in Flagstaff, AZ, to Urban
James and Mary (Rozen) Lewis, Zandra graduated from Gross-
mont High School in 1938 and Woodbury College in 1940. She
married Omar Dale Fitch on September 19, 1943. He died
October 7, 1955 in San Diego. Her second husband, of 43 years,
Warren George Sperling, died January 8, 2004 in Carlsbad, CA.
She retired from the Ojai School District in 1985 as the director
of personnel. In January 2005, Zandra moved to Gaithersburg, MD
to be near her son CAPT David P. Fitch, USN (Ret). On May 27,
2006, she married Allen Roberts Coale. She is survived by her
husband Allen; her two brothers, Urban James Lewis III of La Jolla,
CA, and Daniel George Lewis of Pasadena, CA; and her son David,
his wife Lucy, three grandsons, and two great-grand-sons.
Zandra enjoyed her spiritual life in the Unity Church and the
Church of Religious Science in California. A Memorial Service was
held May 17th at Asbury Methodist Village, Gaithersburg. She will
be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Published in San Diego Union-Tribune on June 6, 2010