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    1. Francis Rand Saunders 1845-1931 and Mary E. (Witter) Saunders 1846-1935
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    3. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 111, No 2, p 63, Jul. 13, 1931. Frank R. Saunders was born September 29, 1845, at Berlin, N. Y., and died May 24, 1931, at the age of 85 years, 7 months, and 25 days. Mr. Saunders was reared at West Hallock, Ill. On the tenth of January, 1871, he was married to Mary E. Witter, daughter of Josiah Witter. He spent many years as a farmer in the state of Illinois. He lived for some forty years in Hammond, La., where he was in the lumber business. Fourteen years ago he retired and came to Boulder, Colo., where he could be near his son and daughter. He has been in church work all his life. At the time of his death he was a deacon in the Boulder Seventh Day Baptist Church. He has always been a great lover of God's great out of doors. "He had many friends, was a man of strict integrity, a lover of nature who could see God in his world, who loved his family, and was truly God fearing. He left a beautiful influence after him. He had strong convictions and would not be swerved from them. He was long the treasurer of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of this city." (From Hammond paper.) He is survived by his wife with whom he celebrated his sixtieth wedding anniversary last January, a son, and two daughters. His son, Mr. Herbert Saunders, and his daughter, Mts. Ernest Irish, live in Boulder. Mrs. Irish has spent most of her time for over a year in taking care of her father. The other daughter, Mrs. F. B. Thomas, lives in Hammond, La. He is also survived by a brother, Mr. William Saunders of Minneapolis; and a sister, Mrs. E. S. Pullen, of Riverside, Calif. R. C. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 118, No 7, p 167, Apr. 1, 1935. Mrs. Mary Witter Saunders was born at Almond, N. Y., on the twenty-fourth of November, 1846, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. M. Irish, in Boulder, Colo., March 8, 1935. She was married to Mr. Frank Saunders at West Hallock, Ill., in 1871. They moved to Boulder in 1917. Mrs. Saunders was a faithful member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. In her Bible she had marked many passages, among which was Psalm 4: 8, "I will both lay me down in peace and sleep, for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety." Mrs. Saunders was a half sister of Mrs. L. A. Wing and a cousin of Rev. E. A. Witter. She is survived by two daughters, one son, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Farewell services were conducted by Pastor Ralph H. Coon at Boulder, March 11, 1935. R. H. C. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

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