Claudia A Sanders

Claudia A. Sanders, 75, of Rooney Road, West Chazy, NY, passed away on Sunday June 5, 2023. She was born in Worcester, MA on March 28, 1948, the daughter of Raymond and Annette (Berube) Gauthier.

Claudia was a loving military wife, traveling around the United States with her husband Thomas who served in the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1984.

Claudia and Tom made their home in West Chazy after his discharge from the military. She worked in various positions at Mount Assumption Institute and later Seton Catholic Central.

Claudia was a parishioner and very active at St. Joseph's Church in West Chazy. Together Claudia and Tom received the Bishop Wadham's Award and taught religious education and Pre-Cana.

She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, they were the light of her life.

Claudia was predeceased by her parents and her husband Tom.

She is survived by her children; Thomas Sanders and his wife Deena of Balston Spa, NY and Michelle Rugar and her husband Jeffery of Morrisonville, five grandchildren; James (Samantha) Sanders, Ryan Sanders, Sara Sanders, Morgan Rugar and Matthew Rugar, her brother Raymond Gauthier of Montreal, her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; George (Carla) Sanders, James (Joretta) Sanders, Fr. Bill Sanders, Ann Marie (Robert) Holland, Mary Jane Howard, Julie (Cliff) Welsh and Rosemary (Dave) Bengtson, several nieces and nephews also survive him and a god children; Lyndsay Kelly, Christina Pijanowski and Corrie Clements.

Calling hours will be held on Thursday June 8, 2023 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Brown Funeral Home in Plattsburgh. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday June 9, 2023 at 10:00 am at St. Joseph's Church in West Chazy. Entombment will follow at the Town of Plattsburgh Community Mausoleum.

Donations in Claudia's memory may be made to St. Joseph's Church in West Chazy.

Arrangements are entrusted to Brown Funeral Home, 29 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.