Homer Shelton Sanders Jr.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Saint Paul United Methodist Church with Pastor Scott Raines and Reverend Steve Stephens officiating services are under the direction of Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors 5400 Bell St.

Burial will be at Memory Gardens with Military honors.

Homer was a resident of Amarillo for over 55 years, passed away on April 28, 2015. Homer was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be missed. Homer was born on October 2, 1917 in Howland, Texas to Jessie Brooks Sanders and Homer Shelton Sanders, Sr. Homer grew up in Floydada and Quitaqua, Texas. He attended the New Mexico Military Institute and the University of Texas. Homer served as a First Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps in the United States Army between 1941 and 1945. He was at the bombing of Pearl Harbor and behind enemy lines at the Battle of the Bulge. In Europe he was part of the 28th Infantry Division. Homer received two Purple Heart Medals. He received the Bronze Star for leading a platoon of soldiers from behind enemy lines back to the Allied forces. While both were stationed in England, Homer met his future wife, Kay Feuchuk. Kay was a Second Lieutenant in the Army Medical Corp and a physical therapist. Kay and Homer married on June 9, 1945 in Paris, France at the hospital where Kay was stationed. After the war they resided in Muleshoe where Homer owned a lumber yard. Once they moved to Amarillo, Homer became a Commercial Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker. He was a member of the prestigious Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. Homer was a Shriner and volunteered more than 5000 hours at the Amarillo VA medical center.

Homer was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Aurelia Sanders; and son, Michael B. Sanders. He is survived by his grandson Steven T. Sanders of Denver, Colorado and his daughter-in-law Shirley Taylor of Littleton, Colorado.

Memorial donations should be sent to the Medical Center League House of Amarillo.