Isabella Sander

Great Bend, Kansas – Isabella Sander, age 88, died Monday, September 26, 2011, Hays Medical Center Hays, Kansas.

She was born January 4, 1923, at Liebenthal, Kansas, to Alex and Margaret (Kippes) Amrein. She married Edward Sander on September 3, 1946, at Ellis, Kansas. He died March 8, 1994.

She was a nurses aid at the Great Bend Manor for many years and grew up in Liebenthal, Kansas, and her family moved to Ellis, Kansas, in 1931. She moved to Elgin, IL, in 1947 and moved to Great Bend, Kansas, in 1969. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Great Bend, Kansas. She enjoyed working in the yard and walking. She has been a resident at the Woodhaven Care Center in Ellinwood, Kansas, for the last year and a half.

Survivors include her son, Ed Sander and wife Sandy, Great Bend, KS; one sister, Rose Younger and husband Cletus, Great Bend, KS; two
sisters-in-law, LaVern Amrein, Elgin, IL; Betty Amrein, Ellis, KS; two grandchildren, J.D. Sander and wife Nikki; Lora Johnson and husband Josh; four great grandchildren, Olivia Sander, Cameron Sander, Madison, Johnson and Dylan Johnson.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three brothers, John Amrein, Albert Amrein, George Amrein; and one infant sister, Paulina Maria Amrein.

Services are 2:00 P.M. Friday at St. Fidelis Catholic Church Victoria, Kansas. Burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery Victoria, Kansas.’

A vigil service is at 7:30P.M. Thursday followed by a rosary at 7:45 P.M. Thursday, both at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays 1919 East 22nd Hays, Kansas 67601.

Visitation is from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Thursday at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays and from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. Friday at St. Fidelis Church. Memorial to St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Great Bend, Kansas.  Condolences can be sent via e-mail to [email protected]