FUNERAL ESCORT for US Army SPC DELBERT SAUNDERS

NAME OF HONOREE: SPECIALIST 4 DELBERT SAUNDERS

FAMILY:

SPEC-4 SAUNDERS WAS BORN JUNE 06, 1952, IN GALLUP, NEW MEXICO TO RITA MAE DICK AND THE LATE HERBERT SAUNDERS. HE GREW UP IN ROCKSPRINGS, NEW MEXICO AND WENT TO SCHOOL AT TOHATCHI, FT. WINGATE, AND LATER ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY IN 1970-1972. HE SERVED IN VIETNAM, AND ALSO TOURED IN GERMANY. DELBERT SERVED 2 YEARS IN THE ARMY AS A TRACK EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, WHEEL VEHICLE MECHANIC AND ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT REPAIR.

SPEC-4 SAUNDERS RECEIVED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL WITH TWO STARS, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH “60” DEVICE. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED. HE RECEIVED HIS ASSOCIATES-DEGREE FROM TVI IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM AS AN ELECTRICIAN. SAUNDERS THEN WORKED AT UNITED NUCLEAR MINE, SHELL REFINERY, AND 35 YEARS AT CINIZA GIANT REFINERY INDUSTRIES IN GALLUP, NM.

SPEC-4 SAUNDERS LIVED OUT HIS LIFE IN WHITERIVER, AZ WITH HIS KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. HE ENJOYED TRAVELING, WORKING ON VEHICLES, WATCHING OLD WESTERN MOVIES, WATCHING THE ARIZONA CARDINALS FOOTBALL GAMES, DINING AT ARBYS, TACO BELL AND NEVER PASSED UP A FILLET-O-FISH FROM MCDONALDS. HE SUPPORTED HIS GRANDCHILDREN WITH THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND SPORTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. HE WAS A CARPENTER AND OFTEN BUILT THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE. HE ENJOYED HORSE RIDING AND REMINISCING ABOUT HIS SADDLE BRONC RIDING DAYS. HIS HOBBIES INCLUDED PLAYING MORTAL KOMBAT AND READING A VARIETY OF BOOKS. HE ENJOYED HIS FAMILY TIME AND COOKOUTS. HIS FINAL REQUEST WAS TO BE BURIED NEXT TO THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE – HIS WIFE COLLEEN SAUNDERS, WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE WAS ASHIIH (SALT CLAN) BORN FOR TOBAAZHNI’AZHI (TO WHO CAME UPON THE WATER CLAN).

PLEASE JOIN US IN SHOWING SUPPORT FOR ESCORTING A U.S. ARMY VETERAN TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE. WE ARE HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THE FUNERAL ESCORT REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SPECIALIST 4 DELBERT SAUNDERS.

EVENT DATE AND LOCATION:

HONDAH CASINO, PINETOP, ARIZONA

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2024

STAGING: 9 AM

ADDRESS: 777 AZ-260, PINETOP, AZ 85935

KSU: 930 AM

ROUTE: PROCEED SOUTH ON

HWY 73 TO 701 N CHIEF AVE, WHITERIVER, AZ

DESTINATION:

WHITE RIVER ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH

701 N CHIEF AVE, WHITE RIVER, AZ 85941

CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION.

KARLA HOLIDAY