Donald G "Don" Saunders
Marriages
Virginia Marie - June 4, 1950
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6B Death Notice - December 3, 2013
Donald G. Saunders, 87, Grand Junction, died Nov. 29, 2013,
at his home.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Dec. 19 at Messiah Lutheran
Church, 840 N. 11th Street.
Mr. Saunders was a general manager.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Marie; one son, Dale Allen
of Monument; one daughter, Doneen Marie Sawyer of Grand Junction;
one sister, Doris Hiett of Fort Collins; three grandchildren;
and one great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions to Hope West and Hospice, 3090B N. 12th
Street, Grand Junction 81506 or to Messiah Lutheran Church and
School, 840 N. 11th Street, Grand Junction 81501.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D Obituary - December 15, 2013
Donald G. Saunders, age 87,
of Grand Junction, Colorado,
died peacefully at his home,
November 29, 2013, after an
extended illness.
Donald was born in Alliance,
Nebraska, October 22, 1926,
to Pearl and Alfred Saunders.
Shortly after his birth, the family
moved to Oshkosh, Nebraska
as corn and wheat farmers. He attended school at Antelope Valley
until the eighth grade, when he left to help support his siblings,
Hazel McNulty, who preceded him in death, and Doris Heitt of Ft.
Collins, Colorado.
Don’s focus became automobiles and their mechanical service.
He spent the greatest portion of adulthood in sales and service with
multiple dealerships in California and Colorado.
Don met Virginia Marie (Smith) at a Halloween dance. They
married June 4, 1950, at the First German Congregational Church
in Globeville (Denver) Colorado.
Don greatly enjoyed the outdoor life, boating, camping, fishing,
hunting, snowmobiling and motor home traveling. He was an
accomplished bowler and golfer, achieving many tournament
championships.
Don leaves behind his wife of 63 years, Virginia Marie Saunders
of Grand Junction, Colorado; their son, Dale Allen and his wife,
Nancy of Monument, Colorado, and their daughter, Kathryn Alana
of Montgomery, Alabama; their daughter, Doneen Marie (Saunders)
Sawyer, husband, Ronald Raymond of Grand Junction and their
daughter, Morgan Lynn (Sawyer) Anderson, husband, Robert and
their daughter Kensley Brooke of Fruita; and their son, Benjamin
Thomas of Denver, Colorado; as well as numerous nieces, nephews,
great-nieces and grand-nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December
19, 2013, at the Messiah Lutheran Church and School, 840 N 11th
Street Grand Junction, CO 81501 with the Reverend Timothy D.
Storck presiding. Burial will take place in the springtime at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
