Donna M. Sanders

Donna M. Sanders, 76, of Ansonia, passed away Monday afternoon, October 22, 2007 at Wayne Hospital in Greenville. She was born in Mercer County, daughter of the late Charles E. and Erma M. (Fast) Gilliland. In addition to her parent she was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin A. Sanders on August 30, 1996; 3 brothers, Darlene, Owen and Jerry Gilliland; and a sister, Mary Jean Shultz. A member of the Ansonia United Methodist Church, Donna was retired from Lambert's in Ansonia where she had worked for 27 years. She is survived by a daughter, Deborah and husband David Staver of Ansonia; grandchildren, Alisa and husband Michael Bubeck of Versailles and William and wife Lucinda Staver of Union City, OH; great grandchildren Ashley, Bethanie, Clinton, Sydney and Levi; a great great grandson, Caleb; and a brother, Charles E. Gilliland, Jr. of New Weston. Services will be held Monday, October 29 at 10 a.m. at the Oliver-Floyd Funeral Home in Greenville with Pastor Danny Wright officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenville Township Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 5-7 p.m. The family requests that memorial contributions be given to the Ansonia Area Rescue.