Sanderson, Roy - 1920-1990

SANDERSON, RINALDI, SMEDSRUD, LARSON, BUSNESS

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 9/6/2011 at 15:15:07

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON STANDARD, May 8, 1990
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services for a former Waterville, Iowa resident, Roy Sanderson, age 70, were held Monday, April 30 at 11 a.m. at Barr Funeral Chapel in Chicago, Illinois. The Rev. Gaylen Gilbertson of Messiah Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois officiated at the services. Burial was in the Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Pallbearers were Alton Herman, Arlyn Fossum, Hilmen Christianson, Michael Sanderson, Tim Harrington, and Bob Anderson.

Roy Sanderson was born February 19, 1920 near Waterville, Iowa on his parent's farm. * The names of his parents were not listed in this obituary. * He was a member of the Old West Paint Creek Church in rural Waterville, Iowa until he moved to Chicago, Illinois. He received his education in rural schools and at the high school in Waukon, Iowa. In 1942 Roy was drafted into the military service during World War II. He attended Bayless Business College in Dubuque, Iowa for two years and worked with Interstate Finance Company in Dubuque for a couple of years before moving to Chicago to work for Pullman Railroad Company. On June 8, 1946 he married Carmella Rinaldi in Chicago, Illinois. He then worked at the Chicago Tribune until he retired in 1985.

Roy Sanderson died Friday, April 27, 1990 at a hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Helmer Sanderson, 2 sisters, Alice (Mrs. Herman Larson) and Julia Busness.

Roy is survived by his wife, Carmella; a son Ronald Sanderson; 3 grandchildren, Jennifer Sanderson, Michael Sanderson, and David Sanderson; a brother Earl Sanderson and a sister, Edna Smedsrud, both of Waterville, Iowa, and many nieces and nephews.