Obituary for Cora M. Sanders (Black)
Cora M. Sanders, 91, of Cummings, KS died Friday, October 22, 2021, at the Atchison Senior Village.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, October 27th, 2021, at the Cummings Christian Church with Rev. Jim Cormode officiating. Burial will follow in the Pardee Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, October 26th, at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Cummings Christian Church or Operation Smile and may be sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences and remembrances may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com.
Cora was born on August 3, 1930, in Elwood, KS the daughter of Clifford Putnan and Minnie A. (Allsbury) Black. She graduated from Benton High School, St. Joseph, MO in 1949. She was married to Ralph L. Sanders on June 10, 1950. Mr. Sanders preceded her in death on January 31, 2005. She was a member of the Cummings Christian Church, the Ladies Aide, and enjoyed spending time having fun with her family and friends, traveling, cooking, and sewing.
Survivors include a son, Terry (Sheryl) Sanders, Atchison, a daughter, Shirley Grove, Atchison, KS, two sisters: Mary Adams, Overland Park, KS and Carol Farrell, St. Joseph, MO, one grandson, Jeremiah (Cindy) Sanders, two great-grandchildren; Jade and Gabriel Sanders, a step great granddaughter Taylor and a step great-great grandchild Avianna Steele. Her parents, four brothers; Herman, Melvin, Marvin, and Paul Black, and three sisters; Edna Ferguson, Ethel Whitacre, and Dorothy Kagay also preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, October 27th, 2021, at the Cummings Christian Church with Rev. Jim Cormode officiating. Burial will follow in the Pardee Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, October 26th, at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Cummings Christian Church or Operation Smile and may be sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences and remembrances may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com.
Cora was born on August 3, 1930, in Elwood, KS the daughter of Clifford Putnan and Minnie A. (Allsbury) Black. She graduated from Benton High School, St. Joseph, MO in 1949. She was married to Ralph L. Sanders on June 10, 1950. Mr. Sanders preceded her in death on January 31, 2005. She was a member of the Cummings Christian Church, the Ladies Aide, and enjoyed spending time having fun with her family and friends, traveling, cooking, and sewing.
Survivors include a son, Terry (Sheryl) Sanders, Atchison, a daughter, Shirley Grove, Atchison, KS, two sisters: Mary Adams, Overland Park, KS and Carol Farrell, St. Joseph, MO, one grandson, Jeremiah (Cindy) Sanders, two great-grandchildren; Jade and Gabriel Sanders, a step great granddaughter Taylor and a step great-great grandchild Avianna Steele. Her parents, four brothers; Herman, Melvin, Marvin, and Paul Black, and three sisters; Edna Ferguson, Ethel Whitacre, and Dorothy Kagay also preceded her in death.