FISK, Mo. -- Catherine (Cathy) Anita Sanders was born Dec. 26, 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri. to Ernie and Vermell (Foust) Sanders. She met her heavenly Father Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018 at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A 1978 graduate of Twin Rivers High School, Cathy furthered her education at Southeast Missouri State University before moving to make her home in Sedan, Kansas in 1983. Cathy faithfully served the Chautauqua County Road and Bridge Division for close to 20 years along with bookkeeping and preparing taxes.
First as a big sister and then as a mother and grandmother, Cathy's greatest pleasure was time spent with her family. She loved to garden and raised the most beautiful flowers to match her beautiful smile. Cathy especially enjoyed her "Sister's Vacations" and treasured time together with the girls. Cathy will be missed for both her sweet heart and her chocolate chip cookie bars.
Cathy is survived by her mother, Vermell Sanders, of Willard, Missouri; sons; James Rinck (Barbara) of Niotaze, Kansas, Cory Ellison of Caney, Kansas; four grandsons and four granddaughters; sisters; June Sanders of Marshall, Missouri, and Julie (John) Pierce of Summerville, South Carolina, and her former husband, Steve Rinck of Sedan, Kansas. A host of nieces, nephews and friends mourn her loss as well.
Cathy was preceded in death by her daddy, Ernie Sanders.
Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at White Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk, Missouri on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. Funeral services will follow at noon in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Jim Sanders officiating. Interment will in Brown Chapel Cemetery at Broseley.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association or the Leukemia Research Foundation in Cathy's memory.
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