SAUDER, Dale Dean - b. May 7, 1934 - d. March 19, 2019

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Dale Dean Sauder, age 84, of Eureka, Kansas, passed away March 19, 2019 at the Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado, Kansas.  He was born May 7, 1934 in rural Virgil, Kansas to Oliver and Maxine (Pinon) Sauder, one of four sons. 

On February 25, 1952, he married Marilyn Phillips in Nevada, Missouri.  They were married for 65 years until her passing in 2017.  Dale started out working in the oil fields near Virgil, moving to Wichita in 1955 to work for Boeing.  He and Marilyn and their two children moved around while he worked jobs in several different states, returning to Wichita in 1966.  He worked for Boeing for the last 11 years of his career, retiring in July 1998.  Dale and Marilyn moved to Bella Vista, Arkansas when they retired where they had  golf course behind their backyard.  They moved to Eureka, Kansas in 2010 to be close to family where they also had a golf course behind their backyard there.

Dale was always very active.  He loved to golf, take his boat out on the water, and water ski, which he was very good at.  He took his children and grandchildren to Table Rock Lake in Missouri every summer and taught many of them how to water ski.  He went swimming at the YMCA almost daily  He and Marilyn loved to travel and took many trips.  They visited 48 states, excluding Maine and North Dakota.  They also traveled to Mexico and Europea and took a 29-day bus trip to Alaska.

Dale is survived by his son, Ron Sauder and companion, June Lukkanen of Dallas, Texas; his daughter, Sheila and husband, Jerry Houchin of Severy, Kansas; his brothers, Joe Sauder and wife, Virginia of Brunswick, Ohio and Gary Sauder of Milliken, Colorado; his grandchildren, Laurie and husband, Rob Coble, Adam and wife, Crystal Houchin, and Ben and wife, Heather Houchin; and  his great-grandchildren, Taylor and wife, Jennifer Coble, Tylyn Coble, Tanner, Evan, Weston, Dawson, Hudson, Cora, Beau, Braden, Kaylee, Bryson, and Miah.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Oliver and Maxine; his wife, Marilyn Sauder; his brother, Neil Sauder; and his grandson, Jeremy Houchin.

Funeral service will be held on Monday, March 25, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Severy Church of the Nazarene in Severy, Kansas.  Memorials may be made to the Susan B. Allen Cancer Center or the Severy Church of the Nazarene Youth Group and can be mailed to or left with the funeral home.  Services have been entrusted to Countryside Funeral Home, 206 E. Washington, Howard, Kansas 67349.

(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)