Memorial services for Richard Sanders, 73, of Aurelia, will be 1:30 P.M. Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Larry Lemke officiating.  Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established with B.V. County Hospice.  The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements.

Richard (Dick) Dennis Sanders was born on December 9, 1939 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of Bethel George and Mary Lovelle (Walker) Sanders.  He attended school at Midwest City, OK. Dick then attended Central State College in Edmund, OK.  He entered the US Army in 1955, and transferred into the US Air Force in 1956 and was an Air Craft Tech, being honorably discharged in September of 1961.  Dick was a member of the Masonic Lodge AF & AM of Oklahoma City having served as Master. He also served as an advisor to Boy Scouts; he was a life member of the NRA, and a member of United Nebraska Muzzleloaders.  On May 6, 2000 Dick married Delores (Dee) Louise Tyrrell Ober at the Cherokee Ridge Runners Rendezvous.  Dick was known as Yellow Knife at Rendezvous’, and was dedicated to recreating the 1880’s black powder era and preserving the lifestyles and skills of that time.  He also helped Dee publish the Powder Horn News which keeps the black powder re-enactment group united.  Dick enjoyed living history, model railroads, fishing, and was an avid rock hound and cave explorer, he enjoyed model airplanes, and was involved with several rattle snake roundups in Texas.

Dick died Friday, February 8, 2013 at his home in Aurelia.

Preceding Dick in death were his father, Bethel Sanders, and one sister, Sandra Hueston.

Survivors include his wife Dee (Ober) Sanders of Aurelia, his mother, Mary Lovelle Sanders of Midwest City, OK, one sister, Barbara Groden of Oklahoma City, OK, three step-children, DeeAnn Anderson and her husband Greg of Ringsted, IA, Larry Ober and his wife Marcia of Omaha, NE, Sheri Thompson and her fiancé Jeff Grazier of Fort Dodge, IA.  Also surviving are nine step-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren, also nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends.