Emma Catherine Sanderson, 89, Humboldt, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Arrowood Lane in Humboldt.
She was born April 29, 1923, in Fredonia, one of nine children born to Paul Otto and Flossie Blanche (Penwell) Joy.
On May 5, 1942, Emma married Lawrence Morris Sanderson in Newton. They made their home in Iola most of their married lives. They moved to Humboldt in 1994. They were married for 56 years before Mr. Sanderson preceded her in death on July 5, 1998.
Emma was mostly a homemaker. During the war she worked in the tile factory in Pomona, Calif. She worked as a housekeeper at Allen County Hospital for 10 years and as a nurse’s aide and supervisor of housekeeping at Cliff Manor in Riverside, Mo.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Humboldt.
She is survived by two sons, Larry Sanderson and his wife, Wilma, Olathe, and Bill Sanderson and his wife, Debbie, Humboldt; two daughters, Jacque Striker and her husband, Jerry, Spring Hill, and Annette Cole and her husband, Edwin, LaHarpe; a brother, Paul Otto Joy, Wellington; 47 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews
She was preceded in death by one daughter-in-law, Marilyn Sanderson; grandson James Lee Cole; five brothers, Sherman, Herbert, Estal, Bill and Charles Otto Joy; and two sisters, Ruby Pearl Joy and Anita Kaesmeyer.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Humboldt. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service.
Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Iola.
Memorials to First Baptist Church of Humboldt may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences for the family may be left on at www.iolafuneral.com.
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