Sandra Marie Borah, baptized Alessandria Marie D’Angelo, has finally found rest at the age of 95. Mrs. Borah was the eldest sister of ten siblings and the daughter of Joseph and Victoria D’Angelo. Joseph emigrated from Montedecoro, Italy. The family settled in East Chicago, Indiana, on Todd Avenue, in an apartment constructed by her father in 1928. Sandra was the first female student to earn an athletic letter from East Chicago Roosevelt High School in 1939, and later won numerous dance contests. Tragedies struck the D’Angelo family early in Sandra’s life, including the premature deaths of her father, when she was 15 years old, and her mother when Sandra was 24, leaving her young siblings without loving parents. While still in their early twenties, Sandra and her husband, William Earnest Borah, helped raise them into adulthood. Her oldest brother, Frank, also died during this period. Later, Joey, Sandra’s youngest brother, who was disabled, succumbed to his illness at the age of 12. On September 10, 1942, Sandra married William Earnest Borah. They were together in matrimony for 67 years, until Earnest passed away at the age of 89, on October 23, 2009. Mr. Borah served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and retired from Standard Oil/ Amoco/BP after 36 years. Sandra’s home remained the family’s center for her exceptional dinners and for her “no nonsense advice,” keeping the tradition of large Italian meals for two more generations. These dinners were planned days in advance around her hand formed pasta entrees, topped with long simmering tomato sauce and spicy sausage. Depending on the American holiday, the symbolic seasonal turkey or ham was available, but relegated to the outer ring of the table. Deserts needed their own separate location. These feasts were served with large portions of sibling banter and humor, sprinkled with stories about their “Ma” and “Pa.” Sitting around the long tables were Republicans, Democrats, Cubs and Sox fans, management and labor representatives. Siblings Tony D’Angelo was elected Councilman of East Chicago; Sam D’Angelo became union president of Youngtown Steel, later LTV, and held that office for over 27 years; Mary D’Angelo-Abner, opened Luigi’s Pizza in La Porte, Indiana; Josephine became a teacher and taught children in the area, as well as Panama Canal Zone and Okinawa; Peggy was an executive secretary; Angie, a loving mother of three, who died too young. The matriarch, Sandra Borah, was a lifelong activist and herder of her three boys. After moving to Calumet City, Illinois, in 1954, she became involved with St. Andrew the Apostle Church and Grade School, becoming president of its Women’s Club. She organized fairs, instituted hot dog day and salad day, had raffles, bake sales, and rummage sales, as well as other fund raising activities for the school and Hoosier Boys Town. (Father Campagna was a close friend.) She was a member of its Rosary Society, Apostleship of Prayer, Sunshine Club, Golden Times, and volunteered at St. Margaret’s Hospital’s gift shop until 91 years old. Other groups and causes had her touch, but are too numerous to list, including membership in Caesar Batista of East Chicago, president of Italian-American Women’s Club, and contributed to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Chicago Shriners, and the Catholic TV station EWTN. When Sandra was not raising siblings or her sons, she worked at Pullman Standard, Goldblatts’ in Hammond, McDonald’s in Calumet City, New Berry’s, and Woodmar Shopping Center. Surviving her are her sons: Ronald E. Borah, retired from BP as Superintendent/Deputy Field Manager in Alaska and V.P. and Inventor at Techxtract Technologies; William J. Borah, a judge with the Illinois Human Right Commission, a former civil rights lawyer of 27 years, and a on Calumet City’s Fire and Police Board; Glen A. Borah, BP management and employee for the past 38 years. Grandchildren: Charlotte Borah-Rongers, Sam A. Borah, Scott A. Borah and Byron Beaubien.Great Grandchildren: Roxy and Genevieve Rongers, River Elizabeth Borah, Brandon and Ashley Borah. Siblings: Mary, Josephine, and Peggy. There are numerous nephews and nieces and great nephews and nieces. Visitation will be on Wednesday, April13, 2016 from 3:00-8:00 pm at Kish Funeral Home, 10000 Calumet Ave. Munster, IN. Funeral service will be Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 9:15 am at the funeral home with a 10:00 am Mass of Christian Burial at St. Andrew the Apostle Church, 768 Lincoln Ave. Calumet City, IL. Interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Calumet City, IL.