Private Family Memorial Services for Iva Sanders, 97, of Bedford, Iowa will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be held at Fairview Cemetery in Bedford. Memorials may be directed towards the:
Avenue Of Flags,
1709 Bent Street,
Bedford, Iowa 50833.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.cummingsfamilyfuneralhome.com under Obituaries.
Iva Ruth (Smith) Sanders was born November 3, 1925 in Taylor County, Iowa, the youngest of 10 children, to Willard Smith and Julia (Townsend) Smith. Iva passed away November 3, 2022, gracing this earth 97 years to the day. Iva graduated high school from Hopkins, Missouri in 1944. Iva met Dale Burdett Sanders and while on leave from the Navy Air Corp, the couple was wed in Troy, Kansas on July 10, 1945. Following Dale's honorable discharge from the service the couple moved to Norman, Oklahoma before moving back to Taylor County for the remainder of her life.
Iva worked for many years as a clerk for Place's before working and retiring from the Taylor County Assessor's Office in 1987. Iva and Dale enjoyed traveling, going to coffee and a drink with their friends. Iva was always known to be up for a shopping trip.
Iva was preceded in death by her loving husband of 70 years, Dale Sanders; parents, Willard and Julia Smith; siblings, Donald Smith, Carl Smith, Kirk Smith, Galen Smith, Helen Spencer, Alice Tibbetts, Lucile Smith, Ruby Esther Smith and Olive Wyckoff, along with a number of in-laws.
Iva is survived by her daughter, Vickey Sanders Baumli; three grandsons, Steve (Carolyn) Judd, Rusty Judd and JJ (Jena) Baumli; granddaughters, Jenna and Hailee Baumli, Morgan Judd and Skyler Heitman; along with numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and in-laws.
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