My sweepstakes buddy Amy passed away. She had been ill for a long time, but I didn’t believe she would leave so soon. I can’t stop thinking about her and all the other sweepers that are no longer with us. I shared a few dedications in my books over the years, but the sweepstakes community has lost far more than this. I can’t begin to name them all. This is one of the downsides of the hobby. A broken heart from the friends you made, the adventures you had with them, the laughs you shared, and now they are gone. Thankfully, you can carry them in your heart and remember them fondly.
Dortha Schaefer
original member of The Affadaisies
November 21, 1920—January 23, 2013
Dan Bader
Owner of MyFreeLotteryPool
February 11, 1952—March 7, 2020
Lynn Marie Banks Goutbeck
co-author of Winning Ways
March 10, 1952 – April 28, 2005
Helene Hadsell
author of Contesting: The Name It & Claim It Game
June 1, 1924—October 30, 2010
Bob Mennell
contributor to You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter
March 5, 1934—December 12, 2013
Ron Miller
Owner of Powersweepstaking
October 9, 1960—June 18, 2018
Patti Osterheld
Owner of SweepSheet
January 09, 1958—September 27, 2020
Allen Sayward
Host of the annual Michigan Sweepstakes Club Spring Meeting
July 14, 1943—August 24, 2021
Amy Sass
Sweepy Bestie
August 25, 1972—October 30, 2025
Amy Lorissa Sass, 53, passed away at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines on October 31 from complications of long-term COVID.
Amy lived in Ankeny, IA, with her mother and stepfather, PJ and Mark Yusten. Other surviving family members include her father, Roger Sass, from Miller, SD; her brother, Shawn (Tammy) Sass, and niece, Anna, from Ankeny; her sister, Andrea (Alex Jabbs) Eilertson, and nephew, Sawyer Dokas, from Lexington, KY; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Please share with me the best memories you’ve had with your sweepstakes friends.
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