Ester Sanders

Published 1:04 pm Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Ester Sanders, 70, of Port Arthur, Texas passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.  She was born in Port Arthur on August 23, 1947 to the late Roberto Garcia, Sr. and Olivia Antonia Lopez Garcia.  She was employed by Bethlehem Steel.

Ester is survived by her children; William M. Sanders, Jr., Rebecca Ann Govea and her husband, Humberto, John S. Sanders and his wife, Mona, Philip W. Sanders, and Raymond J. Sanders; her sisters, Maria Rios, Magdalen Ramirez and her husband, Felix, Margarita Wilson and her husband, Robert, and Linda Canizales and her husband, Johnnie; her brother, Robert Garcia, Jr.; her grandchildren, William Sanders, III, Deborah Santiago and her husband, Robert, Michael Sanders, Jessica Sanders, Florinda Ceja and her husband, Rafael, Teresa Rocha and her husband, Mario, Lorena Garcia and her husband, Kenneth, Ezekiel Garcia, Nehemiah Garcia, Jenna Sanders, Breanna Sanders, and Raymond Sanders, Jr.; 12 great-grandchildren; and numerous loving nieces and nephews.  She is preceded in death by her parents, Roberto Garcia, Sr. and Olivia Garcia; her son, Michael Sanders; her brothers, Hector Garcia, Sr. and Ruben Garcia; and her grandchildren, Candace Gonzales and John Sanders, Jr.

A gathering of family and friends will be held on Friday, January 26, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Melancon’s Funeral Home in Nederland. Funeral services will be Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Melancon’s Funeral Home in Nederland. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Nederland.