Photocopy of the obit from the Sanderson Family File available at the Owen
County Public Library, Spencer, Indiana. Dated November 23, 1935; no source
noted. NOTE: Billy was the son of Walter C. and Ethie (Huber) Sanderson.
OBITUARY OF BILLY SANDERSON
Billy Avon Sanderson, son of Walter C. Sanderson and Ethie Sanderson, was
born near Poland, Indiana, October 15, 1915, and died at the St. Elizabeth
Hospital, Lafayette, Ind., November 12, 1933, at the age of 18 years and 28
days.
He leaves to mourn their loss the father, mother, one sister, Marguerite,
one brother, Estes, a grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Huber, and a host of
relatives and friends.
He graduated with honors from the high school of Bowling Green in the class
of '32 and"33 and was held in high esteem by his classmates and teachers and
by all who knew him.
Billy's life was characterized by his sunny smile and being ever ready to
sacrifice for the pleasure of others; he showed this characteristic even in
his last moments when he told his father that he didn't want mother,
Marguerite and Estes to get his disease, diphtheria. Billy was spoken of
very highly by his doctors and nurses.
Billy told his father that he was ready to go and one of his nurses said he
made the most wonderful prayer she ever heard just before he passed into the
beyond.