Carol Sanders

Mrs. Carol L. Sanders, age 50 of St. Charles, MO, Died Tuesday, May 26, 2009 in Bridgeton, MO. Mrs. Sanders was looking forward to the day when she could dedicate herself full time to basketry. She wanted to open a public studio, as well as expand again, her home studio in St. Charles, MO, an area which she and her husband had lived for 25 years. Mrs. Sanders, who was born Carol Funk on December 3, 1958 in Alvin, Wisconsin, graduated from Northland Pines High School in Eagle River, Wis She then attended and graduated from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich., with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Technology. Following college, she moved to the St Louis area and began a career with McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing). She joined Boeing as an electrical Engineer, later becoming a software engineer, and most recently served as an engineering manager. Boeing is where Carol Funk met David Sanders. The two worked together for more than 20 years until he left to become an entrepreneur. "I saw a postcard of a beautiful, scenic area on her wall, and I stopped and asked where it was from (it was taken in Eagle River, Wis., near her home)," Dave said. "It turned out that we both had a love of the great outdoors." "Later, she saw me in the snack bar buying a Hostess apple pie; the next day, she brought in a real apple pie for me; she felt sorry for me eating that processed food," Dave laughed. The Sanders were married in 1985. Mrs. Sanders was one of two women killed Tuesday afternoon in a crash at the intersection of Lindbergh Boulevard and Missouri Bottom Road in Bridgeton, MO. Mrs. Sanders was preceded in death by her father Chester Funk. In addition to her husband, Mrs Sanders is survived by her mother Janice (Nee: Huff) of Eagle River, Wis.; her sisters and their husbands: Luanne and Gary Baker of Norway, Mich., Laurel and Ken Anderson of Eagle River, Wis., and Jane and Dan Tipler of Alvin, Wis. She is also survived by her English Setter, Lucy, who sports a collar engraved with Mrs. Sander's abiding philosophy: Life is good. Mrs. Sander's website can be accessed at www.prairiespiritbaskets.com Services: Visitation for Mrs. Sanders will be from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Monday, June 1, at Baue Funeral and Memorial Center, 3950 West Clay Street, St. Charles, MO 63301. No funeral services will be held in St. Charles. A second visitation and funeral will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 6, at the Pentecostal Church of God in Alvin, Wis. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery. Local funeral arrangements by the Jacobs Funeral Home, Iron River, MI.