Gail Ellen Boss Sands, age 69, of Greensboro, GA, and formerly of Cedar Falls, Iowa, passed away, Saturday, November 16, 2013 at St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro.

She was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 29, 1944, the daughter of the late Philip and Lenora Laconte Boss. She graduated from Brooklyn Madison High School and earned a Doctorate from California Coast University. On December 11, 1965, she married Martin Gary Sands.

Gail and her husband worked together at Dermatology Associates in Waterloo for twenty years, until she retired in 2003. For over twenty years, they had spent their vacations at Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, GA. and in January 2013, they made it their permanent home, moving from Cedar Falls, Iowa. There she enjoyed playing bridge, visiting with friends and entertaining her children and grandchildren from Cedar Falls. She was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Waterloo and the Reynold’s Plantation Ladies Club in Greensboro.

Gail is survived by her husband of forty-seven years, Dr. Martin Sands, of Greensboro, GA; two sons, Bryan David Sands and wife Lori of Cedar Falls, IA and Michael Eric Sands and wife Renee of Cedar Falls, IA; a brother, Bruce David Boss and wife Peggy of Grass Valley, CA; and three grandchildren, Zachary, Zoe and David Sands.