\t\t\tSandra Ruth Paulson \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Sandra Ruth Paulson passed away at home on June 12, 2026, surrounded by family.<\/p>\n
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Sandra moved to California as a young child and spent most of her life in the Bay Area. She graduated from Washington High School in Fremont and earned her degree and teaching credential from San Jose State University.<\/p>\n
Sandra dedicated her career to teaching in the Santa Clara Unified School District and served for many years as President of the Santa Clara teachers union; United Teachers of Santa Clara (UTSC). Throughout her career and even after retirement she remained a strong advocate for the teachers of Santa Clara.<\/p>\n
While Sandra was proud of her career in education, her greatest joy came from her family and friends. She was known for her quick wit, determination, and deep devotion to those she loved. She had a gift for bringing people together and formed lasting friendships throughout her life. She loved hosting family gatherings and holiday celebrations and took great pride in staying closely involved in the lives of her daughter and grandchildren.<\/p>\n
Sandra was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Paulson. She is survived by her daughter, Kimberly Arviv; son-in-law, Gary Arviv; grandchildren, Jillian and Natalie Sickler; siblings, Richard Hochler, Cynthia Gee, and Maureen Hochler; extended family; and many dear friends.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Brain Support Network www.brainsupportnetwork.org<\/p>\n
For Celebration of Life information, please contact Kimberly Arviv atkim_sickler@mac.comor Maureen Hochler atmhochler@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sandra Ruth Paulson OBITUARY Sandra Ruth Paulson passed away at home on June 12, 2026, surrounded by family.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-378473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}