Gloria Sanders Mourned by Cascade/Columbia
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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Posted by: Bonnie Howard
 Gloria Millay Sanders died Saturday, January 19, 2008 at the age of 89. The celebration of Gloria's life was delayed to await the return from sea of one of her grandsons, a Commander in the US Navy.
Gloria was the wife of the late J.P. Sanders who served as President of Columbia Christian College from 1974-1981. Gloria served Columbia as Chair of the Social Science Department and Director of the Counseling Education Center. Gloria spent a great deal of time counseling students and former students and was known for her challenging classes.
Dr. June Breninger, Professor of Psychology for Cascade College and former colleague of Gloria, stated: “I feel privileged to have known Gloria Sanders and to have had the experience of working with her during her years at Columbia Christian College. She was a great intellectual, as well as a great lover of people. Only the Lord knows the number of lives she has influenced through her teaching, mentoring and counseling.”
 She was born Roberta Jones in Chicago, IL on May 26, 1918. She moved to Hollywood, CA in 1929 so that her stepmother could play the harp in the movies and in order to escape domestic abuse. Gloria attended Pepperdine University where she graded all the Greek homework and married one of her professors. Gloria taught psychology at LA Harbor Junior College, Columbia Christian College and Pepperdine University. She is the author of "The Lore of the Loom," a musical. She was active in the Church of Christ. Gloria was preceded in death by J.P., her husband of over 60 years. She is survived by 3 sons, Joel, Michael and Richard; 6 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
A memorial will be held at the Foothills Church of Christ in Reno, Nevada on August 5 at 10:30 AM. If you would like to share your remembrances of Gloria to be read at the gathering, please email them to Dan Smith at duffrdan@sbcglobal.net.
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