Sarah Drummond Cole

Sarah Drummond Cole (née Gill) peacefully passed away on June 28, 2025  surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer. Sarah was born on March 22, 1975, in Grand Haven, Michigan, and spent her formative years in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Sarah was a proud graduate of Marblehead High School and The University of Vermont. After college while working at the Ritz Carlton in Atlanta, Georgia, Sarah met the love of her life, Anthony Bernard Cole. Following Anthony’s rise in his culinary career, the family moved from Naples, Florida, to St. Louis, Missouri, to Chatham, Massachusetts, and finally settling in Vero Beach, Florida where Anthony is Executive Chef at John’s Island Club. While in Naples, Sarah gave birth to their beloved daughter Mackenzie Taylor Cole, a rising junior at Eckerd College studying Marine Science with a focus in Chemistry. Throughout the years Sarah juggled raising her daughter and working in the human resources and engineering departments at the Atlanta and Naples Ritz Carltons, and as project manager at Chatham Bars Inn and as a Permitting Specialist for Coastal Engineering Co. in Orleans, MA.
Sarah’s greatest joy and center of her happiness was her family. She also cultivated and cherished many friendships that lasted her lifetime. Sarah always thought of others before herself, and her vibrant spirit lives on in the hearts of family and friends. In addition to her professional pursuits, Sarah loved cooking, traveling, reading, gardening, spoiling her cats, and volunteering for animal rescue services. 
Sarah leaves behind her husband, Anthony B. Cole, and daughter, Mackenzie T. Cole of Vero Beach, Florida; her mother, Leslie S. Gill, of Vero Beach, Florida; her sister, Laura G. Wolff, brother-in-law, Kenneth M. Wolff, nephew, William F. Wolff IV, and niece, Allister J. Wolff of New York City and her aunt, Jennifer A. Smith of Bethesda, Maryland.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sarah’s memory to the American Cancer Society or the VNA Hospice House of Vero Beach, Florida.