Wanda Sanders
Wanda (Grannan) Sanders, 82, of Washington Indiana, passed peacefully, with her daughter by her side on January 9, 2020 at Lakewood Ranch Hospital in Florida after a long illness.
Wanda was born on August 10, 1937, the eldest daughter of the late Gervase and Florence (Garner) Grannan. She attended grade school at St Simons Catholic School. Wanda regretted not graduating from high school. In 1986, she enrolled in the GED program offered by Centralia Community College, Centralia, Illinois. She successful completed the program with honors and earned her GED.
Wanda was employed by US Rubber Manufacture--Product Inspector, Prairie Village--Nurse’s Aide, Daviess County Hospital--Bakery and Nolan’s Liquor Store--manager at the Washington and Montgomery locations. Over the years, she enjoyed fishing, camping, mushroom hunting, thrift store shopping, reading, playing cards and an avid bingo player.
Wanda was preceded in death by her parents Gervase and Florence Grannan, infant brother Joseph Grannan, brother Phil Grannan and son Richard Ping.
She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Kelly (Chris) We...[more]
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l, daughter-in-law Linda Sutton Ping; four grandchildren, William Thomas Ping (Jacque), Christina Ping, Jenna Ping and Zachary Wenzel; six great grandchildren, Cameron Clark, Brayden Clark, Colton Ping, Cheyenne Ping, Peyton Ping, Richard Ping, 3 sisters, Marge Donoho of Kell, Illinois, Connie Thompson, Washington, Barb Wohl of Yankton, South Dakota and many nieces and nephews.
Most of all she loved her family and instilled in her children strong values that have served them well. She will be dearly missed and forever in our hearts.
A graveside service will be at 11:00 am on Monday, February 3, 2020 at St. John’s Cemetery in Washington with Yvonne Evans officiating. There will not be any visitation. A reception dinner in Wanda’s honor at Gasthof Restaurant, 6747 E. Gasthof Village Rd, Montgomery, Indiana 47558 will follow
In lieu of flowers donation may be made to St. Jude’s Children Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Condolences may be made to the family online at www.edleemortuary.com. All arrangements were entrusted to Ed Lee Mortuary
