A native of Oconto Falls, Dr. Saunders had spent his entire professional life in Green Bay with the exception of three years of military service during the Second World War. He became ill and retired about four years ago, but had been so well this past winter that he was considering reopening his office.
The doctor was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Orin Saunders of this city and was born here January 20, 1896. In September of 1920, he was married to the former Gladys Peterson of Shawano, who survives. He also leaves a daughter, Joyce, Mrs. Richard Hammel of Brookfield, three grandchildren, two brothers, O.V. and Rollyn Saunders and two sisters, Mrs. Ida Foster and Mrs. Veo Graney, all of Oconto Falls. Active in Medical Circles
Dr. Saunders took an active part in the work of the Door-Kewaunee-Brown County Medical Society and was its president in 1946; he was health officer for the city of Green Bay, and also was a Packer physician for a time. He received his medical degree from Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1921, after having graduated from the University of Wisconsin and having studied at Lawrence College in Appleton. The doctor also served in World War I, as a private in the Medical Corps. During World War II, he served in the Pacific Theatre for three years, taking part in the campaigns at New Guinea, Philipines, Guam and Okinawa. As a major, he returned to Green Bay in December of 1945, and resumed his practice and activities. He was a member of the American Medical Society, the Academy of General Practitioners, and was secretary to the staff at Bellin Hospital and also on the medical staff of St. Mary’s Hospital.
Interested in many things, Dr. Saunders was an active member of the Masonic Lodge, being a member of the Green Bay Lodge No 21, the Milwaukee Consistory, and the American Legion
Funeral rites were held at the Findeisen-Greiser chapel in Green Bay on Monday afternoon, with the Rev. J. Ellsworth Kalas of First Methodist church in Green Bay officiating. The cortege then came to Oconto Falls, where Masonic graveside services were conducted at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Friends from Milwaukee, Shawano, Oconto Falls, and other communities attended the rite, bespeaking the high esteem with which the doctor and his family