In Memory
Marilyn A. Sanders
Oct. 30, 1924 - Jan. 11, 2009
MARION - Marilyn A. Sanders, 84, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, in Heartland Regional Medical Center.
Marilyn was born Oct. 30, 1924, in Rock Island, to James Allen and Ethel Esther (Shogrun) Vance. She married Kenneth Sanders on Aug. 22, 1942, in Cape Girardeau. She was a homemaker. Marilyn was of Lutheran faith. She was an active member of the Ladies Auxiliary at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion. Marilyn enjoyed reading, collecting recipes and taking care of her family.
Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Sanders of Marion; daughter and son-in-law, Judy and James Walker of Phoenix; son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Karin Sanders Jr. of Tempe, Ariz.; two granddaughters and their spouses, Sheri and Michael Ballard of Springfield, Mo., and Jody and Jim Muller of Gilbert, Ariz.; three grandsons, David Walker, Jesse Walker, and Dan Zeiger and his wife, Darcy, all of Phoenix; eight great-grandchildren, Macy Ballard, Sierra Walker, Shae Walker, Blake Walker, Joshua Zeiger, Ian Zeiger, Tyler Muller and Brynlee Muller; two sisters and brother-in-law, Mildred and Jim Kollar of Cassopolis, Mich., and Lois Liebman of Chandler, Ariz.; and brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Joyce Vance of Nokomis, Fla.
Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, in Riggin-Pillatsch and Burke Funeral Home in Carterville, with the Rev. Ralph Brandon officiating. Burial will be in Wolf Creek Cemetery in rural Williamson County. Visitation will be from noon until the time of the service Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ladies Auxiliary at Heartland Regional Medical Center.
Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Published by the Southern Illinoisan from Jan. 12 to Jan. 14, 2009.
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