Daughter of the late Robert Begraft, and Helen (Smith) Muller, she was raised, loved and cherished by her maternal grandmother the late Anna Smith who died at the age of 100 in 2010. Sandra was a loving and devoted homemaker and a member of the St. Peter Episcopal Church Mt. Arlington, NJ. Mrs. Hartman ran the concession stand at the Mt. Arlington Beach for several years, she also was the owner operator of the Wharton Beauty Supply and Hair Salon for four years. She was also the owner and operator of the Country Bumpkin Craft Shoppe Freehold, NJ for eight years as well as the owner operator of LeeAnna’s Victorian Gift Shoppe Cape May and Chester, NJ.

Sandra loved baking and cooking, her specialty was cheesecakes and pasties. She sold her bakeware’s under the label of Sandy’s Kitchen Mt. Arlington.

Survivors include her husband Ernest G., her daughters Kim A. O’Connor of Moorestown, NJ, Merriha L. Hartman of Mt. Arlington and Jennet M. Landrum and her husband William of Mt. Arlington. Also surviving are her mother Helen Muller of Paradise, CA, her sisters Helena Begraft of Mt. Arlington, Roberta VanJaarsveld of Wantage Twp., Vickie Franklin of Chico, CA and Kathy Lyles of Paradise, CA. as well as her five grandchildren and one great grandson.

Funeral services will be held Friday June 19, 2015 at 10:30 AM in the Smith-Taylor-Ruggiero Funeral Home One Baker Avenue (Route 46) Dover, NJ 07801. Interment will follow in the Sparta Cemetery Sparta, NJ. Visitation will be at the funeral home Thursday June 18th from 3-5 and 7-9 PM.