Shirley K. Sanders

October 23, 1934 - September 16, 2019

Funeral services for SHIRLEY K. SANDERS, 84, will be held at 2pm Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Archie Atwell officiating. Burial will follow in the LaGrange Cemetery. Shirley died at the Heart Hospital of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 16, 2019. Memorials may be given in his honor to the LaGrange Fire and Rescue Units. Visitation will be on Monday from 3pm to 7pm and the casket will be open briefly following the service. Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and condolences may be sent to www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Shirley was born October 23, 1934 in Torrington, Wyoming the son of Frank and Yola (Craton) Sanders. He grew up and received his education in LaGrange, Wyoming graduating high school there. He felt called by God to be a farmer and he farmed and ranched in the LaGrange area all his life until shortly before his death. He was a beloved grandfather for Indian families in New Mexico where he spent a lot of time helping in mission work. Shirley enjoyed hunting, flying and building or engineering things. Shirley is survived by two sons Daniel (Sharon) Sanders of Cuba, New Mexico and Leroy (Hazel) Sanders of LaGrange, Wyoming; two daughters Martha (Dan) Glick of Cincinnati, Ohio and Mary (Sam) Rosengreen of Wheatland, Wyoming; his wife Naomi Sanders of Hobe Sound, Florida; a brother Wayne (Eileen) Sanders of Salem, Ohio; fourteen grandchildren; and nineteen great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents.