Wesley Edwin Sanders, age 78, of Portland, Oregon passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Wesley was born May 18, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Wesley was preceded in death by wife Judy Clara Sanders; parents John Wesley Sanders and Othella Hazeltine Sanders; sisters Marianne Chambers and Shirley Ambrister. Survived by children Tammy Lynn Sanders and Wayne Eric Sanders; sisters Alice Faye Moyers of Knoxville, Jane (Dan) Holloway, brother-in-law Bill Ambrister, all of Maryville, and several nieces and nephews. Wesley and Judy served in the Navy. He has been laid to rest beside his wife of 57 years in Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.