Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Obituary -- Veneta Sanders 1931-2021

A Graveside Memorial Service for Veneta Sanders, 90, of Bedford, Iowa will be held Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:30 AM at Fairview Cemetery in Bedford. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed towards the family to be established.

Veneta Gertrude (Bentley)Sanders passed away Sunday, August 15, 2021, at Bedford Specialty Care, Bedford, Iowa. Veneta was born March 30, 1931, in Athelstan, Iowa, to Theodore Glen and Gladys Garland (Rusco) Bentley. Veneta’s parents ran telephone offices, so she grew up helping to run the switchboard. Veneta graduated from Blockton High School in 1949.

On October 29, 1949, Veneta wed McClellan Keith Sanders in Blockton, Iowa. Veneta kept the books for Sanders Garage for many years. In her spare time Veneta liked to sew and do crafts. Veneta and Mack enjoyed camping and belonged to the Korn King Campers Club. Veneta later worked as a seamstress at O’Bryan Brothers and Stitch-by-Stitch factories. Veneta and Mack lived in Blockton, where they raised their three children, before moving to Bedford in 1981.

Veneta was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and her sisters Yvonne (Maynard) Hilton and Janet (Pat) Campbell.

She is survived by her children, Cyndie Hook of Oregon City, Oregon, Randy (Kim) Sanders of Bedford, and Alice (Mark) Carson of Northfield, Minnesota, and 4 grandchildren, Sarah Vaughn (Patrick Skinner) of Beaverton, Oregon, and Megan Vaughn (Mike Farley) of Portland Oregon, Steven Carson (Alyssa Myerly) of Burbank, California, and Sandy Carson of Manhattan, New York (fiancé Ryan Walser-Kuntz of Ann Arbor, Michigan).


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