Eric David Sanborn

Eric David Sanborn

Eric Sanborn Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 1, 2002.
SANBORN - Eric David Sanborn, age 30 of Caledonia, passed away unexpectedly in Cadillac on Tuesday, January 1, 2002. He will be sadly missed by his wife Jennifer; his son Tyler; his step son Rodney; his mother Patricia Sanborn; his father Howard Carol Sanborn; his sister Dawn Brian Nielson; his brother Cory; his nephew Jonathan Nielsen; his father and mother-in-law, Mike Teri Nelson; his brother-in-law Mike Nelson, Jr.; his grandparents, Herman Doris Former and Jeanette Dick; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from the Cook Memorial Chapel east building 4235 Prairie St. SW, in Grandville, with Rev. Pete Byma of Cadillac Christian Reformed Church officiating. Interment will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. The family will meet with relatives and friends on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Cook Funeral Home west building in Grandville. Memorial contributions may be made to the family for Tyler’s future college fund. If you are unable to attend the visitation or service, please sign the family’s Memory Book at www.cookfuneralhome.com

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