Calling(s)

Thursday, January 02, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home, Hudson-Ashley Chapel

Friday, January 03, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home, Hudson-Ashley Chapel

Service

Friday, January 03, 2:00 PM Young Family Funeral Home, Hudson-Ashley Chapel

Obituary

Maynard Kent Sanders, 82, of Ashley died Sunday, December 29, 2019, at the Laurels of DeKalb in Butler.

He was born August 9, 1937, in Mongo to Kenneth and Elva (Little) Sanders.

On October 25, 1958, he married Ruth Davis.

Mr. Sanders had worked for Hagerman Construction in Fort Wayne for 30 years. He then worked for TFC Canopy in Ashley.

He served on the Ashley Volunteer Fire Department for 40 years, and was the fire chief for 11 years. He was also 50-year member of Masonic Lodge 614.

Maynard enjoyed NASCAR, racing, camping, playing shuffleboard, and watching his grandchildren play sports. He loved spending time with his family, friends, and granddogs.

Surviving are his wife, Ruth Sanders of Ashley; two daughters, Cheryl (Roger) Westfall of Fremont and Diana Northrup of Pleasant Lake; a son, Greg (Jamie) Sanders of Hudson; seven grandchildren, Brady (Christa) Westfall of Seymour, Christina Westfall of Fremont, Amanda (Alan Towers) Whitaker-Westfall of Edon, Ohio, Amber (Seth) Reidenbach of Corunna, Kayla (Seth) Fifer of Angola, Kane Williams of Hudson, and Koben Williams of Hudson; 12 great-grandchildren, Brady John Westfall, Alex Westfall, Haley Westfall, Logan Westfall, Payton Hale, Mavix McCoy, Ryckar McCoy, Jupiter Whittaker, Willow Whittaker, Emmett Reidenbach, Dominique Towers, and Donovan Towers; three sisters, Anna Mae (Jerry) Platt of Hudson, Phyllis Drozda of Grant Park, Illinois, and Sharon (Don) Graham of Pleasant Lake; and a brother, Rolland "Zip" (Cee Cee) Sanders of Hamilton.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Laura Jones; and three brothers, Harold Sanders, Oscar Sanders, and Cletus Sanders.

Funeral services will be Friday, January 3, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Young Family Funeral Home, Hudson-Ashley Chapel, 612 North Main Street, Hudson. Burial will be at Circle Cemetery in Hudson.

Calling is Thursday, January 2, 2020, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service on Friday. A Masonic Lodge service will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

Preferred memorials are to Heartland Hospice or the Ashley Fire Department.

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