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Daphne M. (Sanders) Branson

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Birth Date: December 22, 1917
Death Date: December 21, 2011

Burial Details

Cemetery Name: Cedar Crest Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Collbran, Colorado

Obituaries

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6A - December 26, 2011

Born December 22, 1917 in
Collbran, CO to Grover and Minnie
Sanders. Moved to Grand
Junction in 1930. Graduated from
Grand Junction High School and
attended Greeley State College.
She taught 1st through 8th grade
in a one room school house on
Salt Creek in the Collbran area.
Retired from City Market after
many years of service. Active member of the First Congregational
Church, Order of the Eastern Star, and Rebekah Lodge.
One of her special activities was spending long hours quilting with
a local group. She loved hosting the quilting parties and especially
enjoyed giving her hand made quilts to friends and family.
She is preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Suzy and a
daughter-in-law, Merly.
She is survived by her brothers, Gene and Jim (Ann) Sanders and
her three sons, Larry, Edwin (Susan), and Darrell Branson all of
Grand Junction. She leaves seven grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
A graveside service celebrating her life will be held at Cedar Crest
Cemetery in Collbran at a later date. Memorial donations can be
given to the First Congregational Church, 1425 N. 5th Street, Grand
Junction, CO 81501

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6B - December 27, 2011

Daphne M. Branson, 93,
Grand Junction, died Dec. 21,
2011, at LaVilla Grande Care
Center.
Services will be at Cedar
Crest Cemetery in Collbran at
a later date.
Survivors include three sons,
Larry, Edward and Darrell, all
of Grand Junction; two brothers,
Gene and Jim Sanders,
both of Grand Junction; seven
grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren.
Memorial contributions to
First Congregational Church,
1425 N. Fifth St., Grand Junction
81501.

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