Charles D. Sanderson

Charles Dean Sanderson, 59, died February 11, 2017 in Burley Idaho in a fatal accident while driving himself to the ER for an asthma attack. Charles was born on September 24, 1957 in Nampa Idaho. He was the second child of Donald Neilson and LaVina Pearl Ingram. He was later adopted by William Sanderson. Charles spent his childhood in Nampa and Declo. After high school, he was in the Tongue Point Job Corps till his graduation in 1978. In 1979, he started his lifelong career of 37 years at Ore-Ida/McCains. He was qualified and able to run many equipment there. He delighted in teasing and tormenting his fellow coworkers. They say people with messy desks have creative minds. That's Charles to a T. He loved doing gardening and canning his harvest as well as sharing his bounty with his friends and neighbors. Charles loved to hand quilt. He started out by helping Grandma Pearl making quilts for the family, spending many hours in her basement. He continued his talent on his own, earning Best of Show at the county fair. He also love to crochet afghans. He was thrilled when his original creations won a ribbon. He would then donate his afghans to the women's shelter and family auctions. Charles loved to go fishing, he often went with his friends at McCains. He was a avid supporter of the Ingram Family Reunions. You knew where he was camping because he was the one with the biggest canopy. He was famous for his humorous but quirky T-shirts. One he delighted in wearing was "If you shake my family tree, a bunch of nuts will fall out!". Even if he called us nuts, Charles was devoted to his mother and sister, Corinne, often dropping everything to help them. One of his post on Facebook, "My greatest treasure is, was and always will be my family! We may not be perfect, but I love them with all my heart." Charles is preceded in death by his mother and fathers, his brothers, William Dale and Bert, and his grandparents, Bert and Pearl Ingram. He is survived by his brother Roger (Brenda) Sanderson, sisters, Corinne Martin, Kathy (LeRoy) Dunford, Christene (Kevin) Young, Carolyn Sally Neilson, Monica (Bob) Neilson Hackenberg, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the 3rd Ward Building, 2200 Oakley Avenue in Burley. Burial will follow in the Marion Cemetery in Oakley. Friends may call Friday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 at the Morrison Payne Funeral Home, 321 East Main Street in Burley and from 1:00 until 1:45 pm Saturday at the church prior to the services. Arrangement are under the direction of  Morrison Payne Funeral Home, 321 East Main Street in Burley.

Funeral: Saturday Feb 18 2017

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