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Darrell Sanden
DARRELL C. SANDEN
Cedar Rapids
Darrell C. Sanden, 85, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Sunday, May 27, 2017, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 4 to 8 pm Friday, June 2, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, and from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday. Funeral service: 11 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at the funeral home. Burial: Buffalo Cemetery, Hiawatha.
Darrell is survived by his wife, Deanna of Cedar Rapids; children, Dawn Cook (John Schaefer), Sherry (Steve) Will, Douglas ( Laurie) Sanden and Michael (Tracy) Sanden; grandchildren, Adam (Marisa) Will, Melinda (Josh) Huber, Lucas (Amelia) Will, Sarah (Troy) Kowalski, Leah Will (fiance Kevin Blum) and Ashley Springer (Twan Wagner); and great-grandchildren, Anthony and Mia Huber, James and Jonas Will, Alexa Kowakski, Taylor Springer and Truen Wagner.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Dolores Wittlief; and son-in-law, Douglas Cook.
Darrell was born Nov. 24, 1931, near St. Charles, Minn., the second child of Norval and Florence (Connaughty) Sanden. He graduated from St. Charles High School in 1949 and then attended Dunwoody Technical School. In 1955, Darrell went to Cedar Rapids and worked for Collins Radio as a test technician, retiring from there after 33 years of service. He was always proud that he got to work on communications for the Apollo moon modules.
On April 4, 1959, he was united in marriage to Deanna Lyon in Cedar Rapids. They met on a blind date in 1957 after being introduced by friends, Marjorie and Richard Petersen. Darrell attended King of Kings Lutheran Church. He loved golfing, painting, fishing, playing steel guitar and restoring his 1963 Pontiac. Darrell and Deanna enjoyed wintering in Mesa, Ariz., for 16 years. He loved his family so much and was so proud of them.
We wish to thank all the nurses at UnityPoint-St. Luke's Hospice that took such good care of Darrell.
Memorials may be made to King of Kings Lutheran Church in Robins or to UnityPoint Inpatient Hospice of St. Luke's in memory of Darrell.
Please share a memory of Darrell at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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