Jerry Don Sanders

Jerry Don Sanders, 76, of Millersville, MO, passed away at his home on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. Jerry was born November 7, 1944, the second son of James Roscoe and Janet Robinson Sanders of Sikeston. Since it was election day, his mom went to vote before going to Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau to give birth. When he was 4 years old, his family moved to Houston, Texas, where he attended the Pasadena School System until his senior year. He moved to Marble Hill for that last year to help his grandparents on their farm on PP Highway. He graduated from Woodland High School in 1962. Following high school, he attended Metro Business College studying accounting, which would serve him well throughout adulthood. Jerry met the love of his life during that senior year. He married Connie Kay Schleinger on Sunday, June 19, 1966, at Little Whitewater Baptist Church near Patton. They recently celebrated 55 years together! Jerry answered the call of Uncle Sam serving in the U.S. Army from 1965-1967 stationed in Germany as a clerk. After his discharge, he worked as an accountant in the IGA Foodliner in Marble Hill. He later was an accountant at Inman Freight in Cape Girardeau finally retiring from Amerimart in the home office in 2009. Jerry was member of Little Whitewater Baptist Church joining after he returned from Germany. Jerry found fulfillment in activities that allowed him to be of service. Most recently he and Connie volunteered as docents at the Altenburg History Center and Museum and also at the Cape County History Center in Jackson. He was past Master of Millersville Masonic Lodge and Past Worthy Patron of the Oak Ridge Eastern Star. Involvement in Scottish Rite, DeMolay, and the Shriner's Camel Patrol all had great meaning for him. Jerry was a devoted husband to Connie and a dedicated son and son-in-law. He dearly loved his fur babies. His wife Connie survives of the home. Other loving survivors include Cheryl Garcia and Carol Shippy, both of Huston, Texas; and "adopted" grandson Mikey Rutherford and Fiancé Lillie Dunn of Alabama. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Norman, and his in laws Cecil and Medford Schleinger. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the family for funeral expenses. A visitation will be at Liley's Funeral Home in Marble Hill, on Tuesday, August 31, at 2 p.m. A Celebration of Life will follow with Rev. Donnie Ford and Rev. Don Estes officiating.

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Jerry Don Sanders

November 7, 1944 - August 24, 2021