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Paul Sanders, 73, of Greenfield died Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, at the Greenfield Rehab and Healthcare Center in Greenfield. A celebration of life memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Pastor Phil Price will officiate. Flag presented by Theodore J. Martens VFW Post No. 1797. Memorials can be directed to the family. Online condolences can be given at www.powersfh.com.
Paul J. Sanders was born Feb. 11, 1947, to Paul Leon and Nina Faye (Johnston) Sanders in Leon. He was raised in the Lenox area and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs. Paul served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam from 1967 to 1969. Paul also studied at DMACC studying printing. He worked at Creative Printers near Drake University, then with Hublena Chemical Co.
On Feb. 20, 1988, Paul married Evelyn Mae (Jackson) Shimer in Council Bluffs.
Paul worked with the city of Carlisle. He also worked with the Great Plaines Bag Company, as a farm hand in Macksburg, at Creston News Advertiser and with SWCC for business machines. Evelyn died in 2014.
Paul is survived by a sister, Edith Sanders of Creston; local nephew, David Atteberry (significant other Misty Darst) of Orient; Brian Atteberry of Liberty, Missouri; numerous other nieces and nephews.
Paul was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Evelyn, his brother Dick Sanders in 2017, his sister Terrie Atterberry in 2019, and his nephew Alan Atteberry in 2019.