Sanford E. Church

Biography

Sanford E. Church rose from the towns of upstate New York to serve as attorney general, lieutenant governor, and ultimately Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, earning a reputation for compassion and integrity in the service of justice.

He devoted decades to public life with a steady belief that courts should soothe rather than inflame, and his friends laid him to rest at Mount Albion Cemetery in Albion, where his memory endures among those who valued calm leadership.