Sondra Jeanesse Frais was born on October 3, 1951 to Loretta Jean Whitfield and Saviano Frais Sr., in Toledo, OH. She departed on her eternal journey on Jan 6, 2016 due to surgical complications. Sondra has always been a vibrant light. Growing up in Toledo, Sondi was a happy child. She was very active and always busy getting into something. She graduated from Whitney Vocational High School class of 1969. A couple years later Sondra moved from Toledo, OH and settled into life on the south side of Chicago, IL; where she met and married Ron Gilbert. It was here Sondra (Ron) raised 5 children, Tre’Shombie George, Ruqaiyah Abdul-Al-Qahhar, Zainab Faisal, Muhajir Bin Abdul-Al-Qahhar, and Ja’Haan Kimbrough. In 1987 Sondra graduated from the American Business Institute and embarked on a 15 yr. long career as a fund raising consultant with Charles Feldstein INC. In 2003, Sondi moved back to Toledo, OH to be with ailing family. She was employed as a project manager assistant at SSOE for 5 yrs and retired from school bus driving in May of 2013. Sondra has touched countless lives. She was so many things for so many people. She was a mother, a wife, a sister, a daughter, a nana, an aunt, a friend, a counselor and so much more. She loved and lived for her children; birthed and adopted. She was a listening ear and a consoling shoulder, but most importantly Sondra was the epitome of real! If you knew her then you know she never sugar-coated anything. Her advice was direct and honest and exactly what you needed to hear. She was as genuine as a person could ever be and will be forever loved and sorely missed. Sondra is welcomed in heaven by her mother Jenna (James) Hasan, her father Saviano Frais Sr., her grandmothers Maxine (Andrew) Whitfield and Dorothy (Felix) Powell and brothers Dal, Saviano Jr., and Anthony Frais. She leaves behind 5 children (above) 17 granchildren Felicia, Ishmeal, TreShombie’Jr., Rei’Anna, Jalen, Ja’Kurr, Ja’Kira, Ja’Niyah,Aiyana, Ayinde, Jovantay, Avantay, Jerome, Muhajir Jr, Mulan, Avieon and Altamese. 5 sisters Hilliery Depp, Valerie Kirkorian, Devon Gray, Sabra Gray, and Deborah Frais, 2 brothers Kevin Gray and Tony Mack and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2016, at 4:00pm, preceded by a Wake ,at 3:00pm at the House of Day Chapel.

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