Sandra “Sandy” McCloskey

08/31/1956 - 8/19/2026

Sandra “Sandy” McCloskey, 69, of Indianapolis, was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on August 19, 2026.

Sandy loved Jesus with a passion, and that love shaped every part of her life. She devoted her life to serving Him and serving His people. Her faith was not simply something she believed; it was something she lived. She loved people deeply, cared for them faithfully, and spent her life pointing others toward the God she loved so much.

Sandy was born to John and Wilma Thrasher in Terre Haute, Indiana, and grew up alongside her siblings, Chuck and Cindy. Raised in a pastor’s home, Sandy answered her own call to ministry as a young woman. She graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary in 1984 and devoted the decades that followed to serving the Church and loving God’s people. At the time of her passing, Sandy was serving at Even If Church in Indianapolis. Remarkably, she had served the same congregation, in the same building, for 34 years. Through seasons of change, joy, hardship, and growth, Sandy remained faithful to the people God had called her to love.

Sandy was a devoted wife and mother. She was married to her husband, George, for 43 years, and together they had three children, Bethany, Ashleigh, and Matt. But the McCloskey family rarely stopped at five. Sandy believed there was always room for at least one more. Throughout the years, she opened her home and her heart to anyone who needed love, a place to belong, or simply a family to call their own. Many came through the doors of the McCloskey home as friends and left knowing they were family.

Of all the things that could be said about Sandy, perhaps the most important is simply this: she loved Jesus. She gave her life to Him, trusted Him, served Him, and wanted everyone around her to know His love too. Her family grieves deeply because she was deeply loved, but they do not grieve without hope. The Jesus Sandy spent her life loving is the Jesus she is with now, and because of Him, Scripture gives us the assurance that this goodbye is not forever.