Mary "Lue" Sanders

Mary "Lue" Sanders obituary, Pontiac, MI

Mary "Lue" Sanders

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Oct

24

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12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home Pontiac

268 North Perry Street, Pontiac, MI 48342

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25

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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home Pontiac

268 North Perry Street, Pontiac, MI 48342

Send Flowers

Oct

25

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home Pontiac

268 North Perry Street, Pontiac, MI 48342

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Mary Sanders Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home - Pontiac on Oct. 7, 2025.

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SANDERS, Mrs. Mary "Lue" - age 79, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at Angela Hospice in Waterford, Michigan. Family hour 10:30AM Saturday, October 25, 2025 at New Springfield Missionary Baptist Church, 124 Prospect Street, with funeral commencing immediately at 11:00AM. Pastor William Parker, Jr., officiating. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 North Perry Street. Friends and pallbearers will assemble 10:30AM at the church Saturday. Mrs. Sanders will lie instate in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed between the hours of 12:00PM - 6:00PM Friday.
Mrs. Sanders leaves to cherish her memory: her children, Sean M. (Nina) DeVealt, Terence B. DeVealt, Jeniette D. Birdiett, Katha L. Huggins, Alisa (Greg) Burke, Dexter (Camille) Sanders and Susie (Kenny) Wright; 21 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; siblings, Jessie (Alice) Cohen and Barbara Cohen; sisters-in-law, Rose Mary Cohen and Denise Cobbs; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Sanders was preceded in death by her son, Adan Sanders; parents, Willie and Inell Cohen; and brothers, George Cohen and Ricky Cohen.

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Upcoming Events

Oct

24

Visitation

12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home Pontiac

268 North Perry Street, Pontiac, MI 48342

Send Flowers

Oct

25

Service

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home Pontiac

268 North Perry Street, Pontiac, MI 48342

Send Flowers

Oct

25

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home Pontiac

268 North Perry Street, Pontiac, MI 48342

Send Flowers