Remembering Sally B. Herndon, daughter-in-law of Grief Perkins Herndon Jr, born in Dublin in 1908, grand-daughter-in-law of May Williams Herndon and Grief Perkins Herndon, all prior residents of Dublin.
Our lovely Sally passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 28, in the comfort of her Scottsdale, Arizona home with her family nearby.
Sally was born in New York in 1940 to Rae and Philip Bondy, and grew up in North Salem with her three siblings, Susan, Dick and Sandy. Growing up, Sally was an avid and skilled horsewoman, participating in many foxhunts, some with her father Philip as Master of the Hunt. Sally attended Skidmore College and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and went on to a career in advertising in New York City. She married Bill, who was with Citibank, in 1965 and they lived in Katonah, NY where their two children, Alyson and Will, were born. And then it was off to ten years overseas, when Citibank sent Bill to Brussels, and later on, to San Juan, Toronto, and London.
Whether it was hiking in the California or Montana mountains, sailing in the San Juan Islands or kayaking on the Swan River in BigFork, walking the Botanical Garden in Scottsdale, or visiting any museum, Sally was always up for an adventure or an outing. She loved art and architecture and all manner of flora, and was accomplished with watercolors and pastels. She had a flair for crafts, loved to cook, and was an excellent party hostess… and of course she was a great conversationalist, always adding her unique brand of humor, smarts and empathy to any discussion. Through all the moving and relocating and traveling, Sally acquired many fast friends from all over the map. Certainly she misses all of them as much as they – and we – all miss her.
She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Bill Herndon, her son Will (Jen) Herndon and his two children, Lucy Herndon and Levi Herndon, her daughter Alyson (Tom) Preston and her three children, Emily (Andreas) Panos, Graham Preston, and Louis Preston, and her siblings Susan (David) Willoughby, Dick (Margie) Bondy, and Sandy (Mike) Kelley.