Ramona Sue Sanders

An avid gardener, bird enthusiast and adoring grandmother, Mrs. Sanders was preceded in death by her childhood sweetheart and husband of 45 years, Tom Sanders.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Resthaven Mortuary in Wichita. A reception will follow.

Ramona was the third child born to John and Wynona Walters in Keyes, Oklahoma, on what Mrs. Walters said was the darkest day she’d ever seen – one of the worst dust storms to hit the Oklahoma Panhandle happened on that January day in 1935.

After marrying Tom in 1953 while attending Oklahoma Panhandle State University, she worked to put Tom through college. She set up a home when they moved to Wichita where she would raise six children, five of them born in five years.

She was a member of the Wichita Mothers of Twins Club. She and Tom were charter members of West Heights United Methodist Church in Wichita.

A homemaker for much of her life, she re-entered the workforce at Shepler’s and stayed there for 25 years before her retirement. Ramona was cashier supervisor and, at one time, president of the Shepler’s Employee Club.

Ramona was also preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Donald Walters; her brother, Johnny Walters.

She is survived by her children: Sandi Sandler of Centennial, Colo., Lee and LaDena Sanders of Wichita, Kathy Sanders and Wendell Piland of Arlington, TX, Pam and Steve Albright of Valley Center, Pat and Scott Farley of Edmonds, WA, and Mark and Amy Sanders of Katy, TX.

She is also survived by a sister, Carolyn and Jerry Julian of Centennial, CO.; sister-in-law, Betty June Walters; brother-in-law, Wallace Sanders; 14 grandchildren, Rachel Dollar, Kate Sandler, Kristen Sanders, Emily Dillman, Andrea Sanders, Ryan Albright, Evan Piland, Kara Albright, Olivia Farley, Sam Sanders, Seth Sanders, Allison Farley, Jenna Sanders, Macy Sanders and great-grandchild, Lucy Albright; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral service is 10:00 am Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at Resthaven Mortuary with visitation 1 hour prior. Memorials may be given to Make-A-Wish Foundation of Kansas, 1144 N. St. Francis, Wichita, KS 67214.