Horace Sanders

Horace D. Sanders, 79, died May 30, 2011, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

He served in the Army and graduated from Montana State College, Bozeman with a degree in range management. He worked 30 years as a resource manager with the Bureau of Land Management.

Horace was a member of the Great Northern Historical Trail and the Glacier National Park Associates, where he worked on upgrading trails, painting and repairing Park buildings.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Pat; children Greg and Nancy Sanders, of Yokosuka, Japan, Connie Sanders and husband Robert Loeffler, of Anchorage, Alaska, and Heidi Foster and husband Ken, of Hemet, Calif.; five grandchildren; one great grandson; two brothers; and several nieces and nephews.

Interment will be at Glacier Memorial Gardens.

Memorials may be sent to Glacier Camp and Conference Center, P.O. Box 384, Lakeside MT 59922; Rails to Trails of Northwest Montana, P.O. Box 1103, Kalispell MT 59903-1103; Glacier Wood Turners, c/o Jim Bridger, 205 E. Nicklaus, Kalispell MT 59901; or Glacier National Park Associates, P.O. Box 91, Kalispell MT 59903-0091.