Cass County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Sanders, Lester H. 
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Cemetery:           Chain Lake Cemetery
Name:               Lester H. Sanders

Date Of Photograph: May 26, 2007
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Lester H. Sanders
1905 – 1940

Lester Howard Sanders was born in Porter Township, Cass County Michigan October 
3, 1905,the first of four children of Oscar Sanders and Edna B. (Vaughn) 
Sanders.  Oscar was a farmer in Porter Township and later retired to live in 
Vandalia.   Edna was a housewife and later a waitress and cook in Vandalia at 
the Shell station restaurant and for a period of time served as a Vandalia 
correspondent for the Cassopolis Vigilant.  The siblings of Lester Sanders were 
Estella B. Sanders, b. 1909, Marshall H. Sanders, Sr., b. 1911 and Myrl 
Sanders, b. 1918.
  
On June 29, 1932 Lester Sanders married Doris Belle Steele.  Doris was born 
September 6, 1915 in Dowagiac, Michigan to Fred J. Steele and Lula May (Bryant) 
Steele.  Lester and Doris had no children. 

Lester spent almost his entire life in Cass County, and attended White and Log 
Chapel schools in Porter Twp..  Since his marriage Lester Sanders made his home 
in Calvin Center, Michigan where he had a garage.  Lester was known throughout 
Calvin Township as an accommodating neighbor and friend.  He was a well wisher 
of the Community Chapel Church and often helped them when asked.
 
On Thursday, March 7, 1940 at 12:30 in the morning for an unknown reason, at 
the age of 34 years, 5 months and 4 days, Lester Howard Sanders took his own 
life.  Services for Lester were held at two o’clock, Saturday March 9, 1940, at 
the Calvin Community Chapel Church.  Services were conducted by Rev. William 
Edemy.

For many years on the anniversary of Lester Sanders' death “In Memoriam” 
messages were published. 
 
In memory of our son and brother Lester Sanders, who passed away two years ago, 
March 7, 1940. “Gone is the face we loved so dear, Silent the voice we loved to 
hear.  Too far away for sight or speech, But, not too far for thoughts to 
reach”.  Mother, Father, Brothers and Sister, 1942.

In precious memory of Lester Sanders, who passed away 15 years ago, March 7, 
1940.  There’s a road they call remembrance, Where thoughts and wishes meet.  
We take that road in thoughts today, To the one we cannot greet.  Written by 
Mr. Marshall H. Sanders, Sr. and Mrs. Esther R. (Wilson) Sanders, 1955.

Burial:  Chain Lake (Lakeview) Cemetery.  Lester H. Sanders is buried next to 
his parents. 


Additional Comments:
Contributors:  Maurice Wilson Sanders, author of “Allen Sanders Descendants”, 
1985, Rosanna (Allen) Wilson, Author of ”Allen History 1924”, Debra McIntosh 
Ancestry of Charles Sidney Smith, the Archives of Estella Bernice (Sanders) 
Lawson and Carrie Eldridge, author of “Cabell County’s Empire for Freedom, The 
Manumission of Sampson Sanders' Slaves”.

Relationship:  Lester H. Sanders is the uncle of Imogene Lawson, Sandra Lawson, 
Donna Lee Sanders, Marshall Howe Sanders, Jr. , Donald Sanders,  Maurice Wilson 
Sanders, Audrey Lawson and Paul D. Lawson. 

Transcribed and Photographed: Sharon A. Simeon and Marshall Howe Sanders, Jr.



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