Birth date: Feb 18, 1922 Death date: Mar 27, 2019
Mary Frances (Sanders) Schander, age 97, of Albia, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Oakwood Specialty Care in Albia. Mary was born on February 19, 1922 in Mendota, Missouri, the daughter of Zora Lewis and Maude Mull Read Obituary
It's probably safe to say that Andrea has Grandma's DNA in her after sharing that story on this board. It's hard to top that one.I have several vivid memories from my childhood and on reflection what I learned most from our interactions was what it means to have a strong will. Whether it was to run a home-based care center, maintain a huge flower bed and garden, raise a hoard of Lhasa Apso dogs, obey sabbath, maintain her driving privileges, live on her own in her home, or live to the ripe old age of 97 she always demonstrated a strong will.As someone who enjoys working around the house and is more interested in the architecture of a church rather than the message being spoken, as a boy I would say that I was completely enthralled with her home when she and Grandpa were raising dogs. The dog run on the porch roof was amazing! I'm very thankful that she had a loving family and my kids got to meet her a couple of times. She was original, and we loved her; may she rest in peace.
I remember grandmas love of flowers, and her love of her lasa apso's (hopefully I spelled it right). She loved to bake and her gooseberry pie was the best. She loved to talk and can remember grandpa schander turning his hearing aid down and she would ask him if he could hear her, he would look at her and shake his head yes. I look forward to seeing her and grandma at our lord and saviors return
I have so many memories of Grandma & Granpa Schanders visits to Clinton as well as our travels to visit them in Albia. Grandma and kept each other occupied for hours with puzzles. No doubt to the relief of the rest of the family as we were definitely the talkers of the group. I remember her taking me to play Bingo when In Albia. Her Birthday and Christmas presents were the most unique I have ever received to this day. I must have been 16 when grandma gave me my gift with excitement, I unwrapped a cap gun. Grandma was very stern in telling me I should only use under the supervision of my dad.I also remember all of her dogs.They all had childrens names.WHAT A HANDFUL! She was a very sweet loving lady who always treated me like I was one of her own. Rip Grandma.
I have been blessed to have my mom in my life for 67 years. I love her and will miss her dearly. Looking forward to our reunion in heaven.
I have so many fond memories of my grandmother (Mary)❤️. In her younger years we would all gather for the holidays. Mary always loved to go to flea markets to buy things. She was defiantly a collector of many things. If it seemed to be a good deal, Mary bought it no matter what. One Christmas when we were teenagers is still fresh in my mind. Mary always would re-gift items she got from the flea markets. My brother, Kevin, had received some VCR tapes from our grandmother (Mary) for a Christmas gift. Mary told him she didn't know what was on them, but was pretty sure they were movies. As a couple months passed my mom walked thru my brothers room and Kevin was watching the VCR tapes. I believe my mom (Donna) caught a glimpse of the television and saw that Kevin was watching porn 😂 NO DOUBT it caught Donna by surprise as her teenage son was watching a VCR tape with adult content on it. As my mom (Donna) asked my brother (Kevin) where he got those VCR tapes , his reply was I got them from Grandma Schander as my Christmas gifts.😯 In the heat of the moment my mother was not about to believe Kevin's story. However after a few hours and my mom had time to think, she did remember that Mary Schander did give Kevin some video tapes for Christmas. This story will never be one that we could ever forget!!! We never knew what was going to come out of Mary's mouth or what she was going to give us every year for Christmas. It was always a surprise. We got to visit with Mary a couple weekends ago and got some excellent 5 generation pictures. Mary always would tell us she was going to live to be 100 years old. She sure was close!!!RIP Grandma. You will never be forgotten and dearly missed!!❤️❤️
About 5 years ago I visited my Great Grandma Mary. She didn't really know who I was but kept asking so I'm great But not great great And it tell her she was great! I'm proud to say that a couple weekends ago, I visited her with my son. We got a 5 generation picture and she adored my little boy. We got some great pictures and one where they were looking at each other and she was holding his hand. This is a memory I will cherish forever and I can't wait to share many more stories with her Great Great Grandson.
Mother was a good teacher. She taught us about flowers and gardening. When we lived in Nevada Iowa we had a huge garden. Learning to weed a garden, pick strawberries and raspberries became part of our daily chores. Our tomatoes, cantaloupes, and squash were in high demand from the people of Nevada so Donna and I would make deliveries on our bikes. Mother loved her flowers and gardening and despite bouts of poison ivy, she was always ready to plant another garden or another flower bed. Mother taught Donna and I to sew. My sister and I often liked to pick material and patterns a like because mother had always dressed us alike in clothes she had sewn for us. Mother I miss you. I plan to see you again in heaven.
Mother was a strong, determined, and sometimes stubborn woman. She was also caring mother and wife. She was a one of a kind woman and she was loved because of it...There will always be a void that can never be filled in her family since she is gone. She now rests in the angels care awaiting her Lord's return. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers during this time!
