Obituaries 3-24-16

Adele Jordan Whitman
Adele Jordan Whitman died on March 3 in Sarasota, Florida, her chosen home for most of the past 36 years. She also lived in Cloverdale from early 2009 until early 2011, to be near her sons and their families, before returning home to her longtime Florida roots. The RN, the person who was the last person to see her alive in her skilled nursing facility, said that near the end, Adele was “very calm and relaxed, at peace, and in no pain.”
She is survived by her remaining sons, Bob Jordan, of Cloverdale and Dick of nearby Yorkville, and their families, including her daughter-in-law Jennifer and grandson Andrew. Adele predeceased her first husband (married 1943-1987), and her second husband Richard (married 1990-2006). She loved her family deeply.
Adele was born March 22, 1923 and spent her youth in Brooklyn, New York. Adele will long be remembered by family, friends and neighbors as a gregarious organizer and hostess of many events, celebrations, film and music appreciation gatherings and, of course, those wonderful dinner parties, always with a variety of music. She volunteered actively at her beloved Unitarian Church wherever she resided until her later years. She was quite the art lover, and in the 1960s, she opened an art gallery in Norwalk, Connecticut to showcase the works of talented local artists, and personally operated the business for over a decade. She was always proud of having taught water aerobics in her middle years, keeping herself and others fit. She knew how to take charge, motivate others and get things done.
Her last few years were spent at an assisted living senior facility (and in her last month at the adjacent skilled nursing facility) in Sarasota, where she received excellent care and assistance, very near the Florida Gulf Coast communities where she enjoyed life so much for the better part of her later years.
Allen Eugene Sauder
Allen E. Sauder, 87, died on Saturday, February 13, 2016. Al was born Allan Douglas Green, in 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio to Norman Frederick Green and Mary Oakes Green. Al was the third of five siblings. In 1933, Al’s mother died and approximately a year later, Al and his siblings were placed for adoption. Al was adopted by Glenn McKinley and Laura Sauder in 1934, a Presbyterian minister and his wife, who changed Al’s name to Allen Eugene.
In 1951, he met Alexina (Ina) Christie Linton at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. On August 16, 1952, Al and Ina were married in Ina’s hometown of Yonkers, New York. Al completed his education at Western Michigan College, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1957, Al and Ina made the trek across Route 66 to California. After Ina’s passing in May 1995, Al married Carmen Stratmoen and they remained married until her passing in May 2007.
Al dedicated his life to his family and the many endeavors and projects his four boys, Doug, Scot, Gary, and Randy, thought to try. He was a Jewel Tea man, a teacher for 20 years at Healdsburg Junior High School, a high school basketball and football referee, a summer employee at Sunsweet Prunes, and a bed and breakfast operator in Cloverdale. He served as an Elder in the Presbyterian Church and was active in the First Baptist Church in Cloverdale, a board member on Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair Board, a parent leader in the Sonoma County 4-H programs, and for a time, an interim member of the Cloverdale Unified School District School Board, and countless other volunteer programs. He was, for as long as his kids can remember, an avid San Francisco Giants fan, a 49ers fan and a Warriors fan. Al was known for his unrelenting humor, outrageous square dancing techniques, and his penchant for writing limericks that were both insightful and humorous. His ability to laugh at himself was unparalleled. As a teacher and community leader, Al positively influenced, touched and affected the lives of many, many Sonoma County young adults.
Al and each of his wives traveled extensively to Europe and Mexico with their friends Dick and Louise Johnson.
Al was preceded in death by his biological parents, Norman Frederick Green and Mary Oakes Green of Ohio, and by his adopted parents, Glenn McKinley and Laura Sauder of Ohio; his wife, Alexina Christie Sauder of Cloverdale and second wife, Carmen Stratmoen Sauder of Cloverdale; his sister Ruth Nadine (Green) Pennell Eaton of Ohio, and his brothers, Frederick William (Green) Sauder of Danville, and Jack Phillip Duggan (formerly Phillip Green) of Ohio. Al is survived by his brother, John D. (Green) Pennell and his wife, Sussanne, of Tracy; his sons Douglas Sauder and his wife, Patricia, of Napa, Scot Sauder and his wife, Carol, of Corrales, New Mexico, Gary Sauder of Cloverdale, and Randall O’Lynn Sauder and his wife, Renee, of Cloverdale. Al was also a grandfather to David Sauder of Fairfield, Rosanne Sauder Thiess of Suisun City, Kevin Sauder of Cloverdale, Erika Renee Sauder of Portland, Oregon, Logan Sauder of Cloverdale, California, Ainsley Denniston Sauder of Corrales, New Mexico, Heather Scot Sauder of Ames, Iowa, and Asher Luchas Treichel of Cloverdale, California. Al was a great grandfather to Ellie and Kylie Thiess of Suisun City, and Aubrey Sauder of Fairfield.
There will be services to remember Al and celebrate his life on March 26, 2016, at 10 a.m., at the Living Water Church (First Baptist Church), 450 S. Franklin Street in Cloverdale.