Gene Dale Sanders

Gene Dale Sanders, 66, a lifelong resident of Red Rock, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Funeral services have been entrusted to the care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Perry, Oklahoma.

Public visitation will be held on Friday, July 21, 2017 from 9AM to8PM with family greeting guests from 6PM to 8PM. A funeral service celebrating Gene’s life will be held on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 10AM at the First Baptist Church in Perry with Rev. Richard Levings and Chris Short officiating. Interment will follow at Ceres Cemetery in Red Rock, Oklahoma.

Gene was born November 26, 1950 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Ray M. and Marjorie (Riddell) Sanders. He grew up in Red Rock and attended Red Rock Public Schools where he graduated high school in 1969. Gene married the love of his life, Lisa Ann Langley on March 22, 1975 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. They have been blessed with 42 wonderful years.

Gene was a farmer and rancher. He and Lisa enjoyed working side by side farming wheat and raising commercial cattle. Gene has owned and operated the original Sanders farm in Red Rock since 1975. This is the farm that his grandfather, Frank Sanders bought in 1904 after moving from Rothville, Missouri. Gene also enjoyed custom harvesting wheat for neighbors and friends out of state. After the wheat had been harvested and if cows were not calving, you might find Gene and Lisa sneaking off to Colorado for some much needed rest and relaxation.

Family and friends was a very important commodity in Gene’s life. He loved watching his grandson’s Maddox and Blake playing baseball and spending time with all of his friends and neighbors around the Red Rock and Ceres community. Gene will always be remembered as a selfless, kind-hearted, generous man. His untimely passing leaves a void in all those who knew and loved him. He will be greatly missed.

Survivors include his wife Lisa of the home; one son, Troy Sanders and wife Dayla of Perry, Oklahoma; two grandsons, Blake Sanders and Maddox Sanders both of Perry, Oklahoma; one brother, Lee Sanders and wife Pat of Perry, Oklahoma; two brothers-in-law, Randall Langley of Adair, Oklahoma, and Russell Langley and wife Anita of Adair, Oklahoma; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and a host of friends far and wide. He was preceded in death by one son, Todd Sanders in 1998, and his parents.

Family request that memorial donations be made to the Red Rock Volunteer Fire Department in c/o Palmer Marler Funeral Home, 203 Fir, Perry, OK, 73077.

Condolences may be sent to the family via an online guestbook at www.pmcfhperry.com