IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Wilma Orlene
Sanders
September 17, 1934 – November 5, 2014
Obituary
Wilma Orlene Sanders
Seymour, MO
Wilma Orlene Sanders, 80 years, 1 month and 19 days old, passed to Heaven on November 5, 2014 at the Meyers Transitional Care Unit in Springfield, MO.
Wilma was born September 17, 1934 in Eads, Colorado to Warren Oliver and Marjorie Clara (Davis) Maxson.
Wilma was a resident of Seymour, MO moving from Ava.
On March 17, 1950 Wilma and Leonard Doil Sanders were united in marriage in Ava, MO and to this union three children were born.
Wilma was a Homemaker and for several years Wilma worked with her husband, Leonard as a Douglas County Deputy in the Ava area.They were a wonderful team who worked hard for the county. She also worked for the Ava City Police Dept.
Wilma was a member of the Black Oak General Baptist Church near Ava. She attended with her family the First Baptist Church in Seymour. She served as President of the Ava Business Women's Club and was a member of the Republican Women's Club. Wilma had worked the Absentee Ballott's for Douglas County. She enjoyed working with her flowers, crocheting, sewing and meeting with her friends at McDonald's. She loved people and never knew a stranger.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, step father, Milo Pete Buck, her husband Leonard in 2009, step brother, Bill and a step sister, Phyllis.
Wilma is survived by her three children and their spouses, Leo and Theda Sanders, Leasburg, MO, Marjorie and Murl Pierson, Mansfield, MO and Duane and Debi Sanders, Seymour, MO, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, siblings, Shirley Riley, Ava, MO, Judi Hall, Pueblo, CO, Jim Maxson, Coffeyville, KS, Jerry Maxson, Americas, KS and Joann O'Dell, Omaha, NE and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Wilma will be Monday, November 10, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, MO with burial in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 1:00 p.m. to service time in the funeral home. Officiating will be Dr. Jay Adrian and Pastor Oren Alcorn. Memorials may be made to the family as a Love offering.
Seymour, MO
Wilma Orlene Sanders, 80 years, 1 month and 19 days old, passed to Heaven on November 5, 2014 at the Meyers Transitional Care Unit in Springfield, MO.
Wilma was born September 17, 1934 in Eads, Colorado to Warren Oliver and Marjorie Clara (Davis) Maxson.
Wilma was a resident of Seymour, MO moving from Ava.
On March 17, 1950 Wilma and Leonard Doil Sanders were united in marriage in Ava, MO and to this union three children were born.
Wilma was a Homemaker and for several years Wilma worked with her husband, Leonard as a Douglas County Deputy in the Ava area.They were a wonderful team who worked hard for the county. She also worked for the Ava City Police Dept.
Wilma was a member of the Black Oak General Baptist Church near Ava. She attended with her family the First Baptist Church in Seymour. She served as President of the Ava Business Women's Club and was a member of the Republican Women's Club. Wilma had worked the Absentee Ballott's for Douglas County. She enjoyed working with her flowers, crocheting, sewing and meeting with her friends at McDonald's. She loved people and never knew a stranger.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, step father, Milo Pete Buck, her husband Leonard in 2009, step brother, Bill and a step sister, Phyllis.
Wilma is survived by her three children and their spouses, Leo and Theda Sanders, Leasburg, MO, Marjorie and Murl Pierson, Mansfield, MO and Duane and Debi Sanders, Seymour, MO, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, siblings, Shirley Riley, Ava, MO, Judi Hall, Pueblo, CO, Jim Maxson, Coffeyville, KS, Jerry Maxson, Americas, KS and Joann O'Dell, Omaha, NE and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Wilma will be Monday, November 10, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, MO with burial in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 1:00 p.m. to service time in the funeral home. Officiating will be Dr. Jay Adrian and Pastor Oren Alcorn. Memorials may be made to the family as a Love offering.
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