Oscar Saunders

Oscar B. Saunders CHESAPEAKE - Oscar Bernard Saunders, 84, of the 1100 block of Fairway Drive, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in a local hospital. He was a native of Norfolk and a lifelong resident of Hampton Roads. He was the son of the late Oscar and Ottilia Segerer Saunders and was preceded in death by his wife, Sally Butler Saunders. Mr. Saunders was a graduate of Holy Trinity High School and served his country in the Army 75 Infantry and was a veteran of World War II. He retired from the Atlantic Gulf Stevedores as a timekeeper after 32 years employment. He was a member of the International Longshoremen's Association Local No. 1624 and was a former member of the Lynnhaven Lyons Club. Survivors include his daughter, Helen Saunders Mundy and her husband John of Chesapeake; his sons, Timothy A. Saunders and his wife Stephanie of Virginia Beach, Andrew B. Saunders of Chesapeake and Mark C. Saunders and his wife Marian of Virginia Beach; his sister, Annette Silver and her husband Arthur of Jacksonville, Fla., and brother, Richard J. Saunders of Fredericksburg, Va.; six grandchildren, Jennifer, Sarah, Kelly, Laura, Meredith and Matthew; and two great- grandchildren, Timothy Patrick and Sally Elizabeth. The family would like to express their appreciation to Dr. Joel Bundy and the DaVita staff and caregivers, Vann Mitchell, Leonard Mitchell, Crystal Pate, Aimee Rowe, Joyce Perry, Jeannette Allen and "Phil" Rowe for their dedication and loving care to their father. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in Prince of Peace Catholic Church Friday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Paul T. Gaughan. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk. The family will receive friends in the Chesapeake chapel of H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., 1416 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, today from 6 to 8 p.m. Following the interment, the family will host a reception at the home of Andrew Saunders, 1106 Fairway Drive, Chesapeake.