The funeral service for retired U.S. Navy aviation mechanic and U.S. Postal Service worker Robert William Sanders of Paris will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Ridgeway Funeral Home.
Luther Hasz will officiate.
Visitation will be from 12 - 1 pm Tuesday
Cremation will follow the service.
Sanders, 80, died Thursday, March 13, 2014, at his residence.
His wife, Helen Morris Sanders, survives. They were married in September 1973.
Born Jan. 19, 1934, in Portage, Mich., he was a son of the late Glenn and Esther Anna Louise Doege Sanders.
Sanders was a member of Christ Lutheran Church. After retiring from the U.S. Navy, he worked with the U.S. Postal Service in Great Mills, Md. He was a member of VFW Post 1889 and the Moose Lodge in Paris.
Besides his wife, he leaves one daughter: Leigh (Lon) Wille of Merrimac, Wis.; one son: Rick Sanders of Middleton, Wis.; three sisters: Patrick Johnson of Madison, Wis., Dixie Connors of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Betty Jean Sanders of Charlotte, N.C.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one step granddaughter; and one step great grandson.
Two brothers also preceded him in death.