Lillie Saunders Obituary

Lillie Anne (Seyfried) Saunders, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, departed this life to enter into the eternal kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ on October 17, 2005. She was homemaker and a Shaklee product distributor. She was born in Evanston, IL on August 9, 1941. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Leonora Seyfried and the late William Denmen. Lillie Anne moved to Colorado Springs with her family at age nine and attended public schools in Colorado Springs. She graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School in 1959 and attended the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 1961 she married Earl Saunders on June 7, graduation day at the USAF Academy. Lillie was a devoted military wife following her husband through various career assignments throughout the U.S. She was a skilled figure skater, training under the late Eddie Sholden, with the Broadmoor Figure Skating Club. She was a talented athlete who enjoyed tennis, skiing, and hiking. She was also accomplished in the gentle art of needlework with gifted expertise in various stitching techniques. She was a member of the Embroiderer's Guild and America and the American Needlepoint Guild. Lillie had an intense interest in Biblical Scripture and studied with Community Bible Study and Bible Study Fellowship for several years. Lillie loved to entertain and share her talents for gourmet cooking. Among her many talents and gifts, Lillie was above all, a champion grandparent. She devoted her full and unbounded love and attention to her three grandchildren. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Earl, two daughters, Cathryn Karmondy (Tom) of Colorado Springs and Anne Buderus (Dwight) of Highlands Ranch, her grandchildren, Matthew, Sarah, and Elisabeth Karmondy.  She is also survived by two brothers, Roger Denmen of Orange, CA and Craig Seyfried of Colorado Springs, a sister, Lenora VanValin of AK, first cousins, Gordon Seyfried of Fort Worth, Shelley Seyfried-Bourg of Tucson, and Mary Zavala of Grand Junction, and her aunt Dorothy Fancher of Grand Junction. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 21, 2005 at Shove Memorial Chapel, 1010 N. Nevada Ave. on the Colorado College campus. The burial will immediately follow at the USAF Academy cemetery. Visitors are asked to enter the Academy through the North Gate. A reception will be held following the burial at the USAFA Golf Course Tee House, directly across from the cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association.