FOLLOWING A LONG ILLNESS, JACK SANDERS PASSED ON TO HIS ETERNAL HOME ON THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019 AT 11:45 AM. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, CONSTANCE DOERER SANDERS. JACK AND CONSTANCE WERE MARRIED 65 YEARS, DECEMBER 13, 2018 AND JACK CELEBRATED HIS 86TH BIRTHDAY DECEMBER 21, 2018. SURVIVING JACK ARE HIS FOUR CHILDREN, SHANNON SANDERS MCDONALD, LAUREN SANDERS ROLFES, LYNNE SANDERS VIDMAR, AND JOHN STEWART SANDERS; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, JUDE MICHAEL ROLFES, HILLARY ANNE ROLFES, CHRISTINE VIDMAR GOMES, JOSEPH ROBERT VIDMAR, JOHN STEWART SANDERS, JR., EMILY COLLINS SANDERS, THOMAS BRYAN SANDERS; TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, CHARLOTTE SHELDON ROLFES AND SANDERS JACK ROLFES. HE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SISTER, ARLENE SANDERS HOFFMAN, NUMEROUS COUSINS, NIECES, AND NEPHEWS.
FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM MOUNT ST. JOSEPH COLLEGE, JACK SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR WITH THE U.S. NAVY ON THE USS GREAT SITKIN AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1955. FOLLOWING HIS SERVICE, JACK WAS EMPLOYED AS AN ENGINEER WITH GLENN L. MARTIN COMPANY AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPACE EFFORT WORKING ON THE TITAN AND GEMINI PROGRAMS. AFTER A LONG CAREER, JACK RETIRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN 1995.
A MEMORIAL MASS TO BE CELEBRATED AT A LATER DATE TO BE DETERMINED. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO PRINCE OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH 14818 W. DEER VALLEY DRIVE, SUN CITY WEST, AZ 85375 OR FELLOWSHIP SQUARE, RETIREMENT HOME 16477 W. BELL ROAD, SURPRISE, AZ 85374.
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