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Joan Beverly Rush Sandoval
Joan Beverly Rush Sandoval, born Oct. 5, 1951 in Waterville, Maine, lost her courageous battle with cancer on July 26, 2017, at her home in Kearny.
Joan is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Michelle Sandoval (Mark Tamayo); stepchildren, Pearl Sandoval Estrada and Robert Sandoval Jr. (Julie); grandson, Robert (Michelle) Sandoval III; brother, Jack (Sunny) Rush of Kearny; six grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; Sharon Pound of Jacksonville, FL; Nancy (Kenney) Collette of Mesa; Rhonda Lord of Puyallup, WA; Pamela (Lee) Goodin of Peoria; Cindy Howell of Queen Creek; nine nieces; six nephews; 12 great-nieces; nine great-nephews; seven great-great nieces; and nine great-great nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Sandoval Sr.; her father and mother, Phillip S. and Wilhelmina Rush; sister, Diann Rush; brother, Phillip “Skipper” Rush Jr.; brother-in-law, Brad Lord; nephew, Jack Rush Jr; and nephew, Joey Goodin.
Joan moved to Mesa in 1968, and later to Kearny, where she and Robert Sandoval owned La Cantina for 42 years.
A celebration of life for Joan was held Thursday, Aug. 3, at 11 a.m., at the Lighthouse Assembly of God in Winkelman.
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