Saundra Gorton

Saundra Gorton

1937-2016

Saundra Gorton passed away peacefully on February 26, 2016 at Sunrise Senior Living in Columbia, Maryland.

She was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Glen “Mac” and Fern McGinnis on March 23, 1937 and grew up in Maryville, Missouri.

She is survived by her husband Charles Gorton of Kensington, Maryland; her two sons, Scott (Deirdre) of Columbia, Maryland, and Stuart (Lisa) of Midlothian, Virginia; two granddaughters, Rebecca and Rachel; two grandsons, Bradley and Colin; her sister Judy McGinnis of Chicago, Illinois; three nieces Shelly, Christie and Fran; her sisters-in-law Teresa Reilly and Janice McGinnis and nephew Alan Coy all of Maryville.

She was preceded in death by her parents Mac and Fern, her brothers Richard and Chris McGinnis and infant son Bruce.

She was a loving wife and mother who adored her grandchildren. She often said that she had an idyllic childhood in the college town of Maryville, Missouri, where her father owned several restaurants. She worked in the restaurants as a teenager and after she was married. She often talked about the many famous persons she encountered during those years including Louis Armstrong, Colonel Sanders and Dale Carnegie. Once she became a mother, she devoted her time and energies to the care of her home and family. She was an avid collector of antiques and coordinated estate sales in the Washington, D.C. area in the 1980s. She will be missed by her family and friends.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers that donations be made to the American Diabetes Association.

Arrangements are being handled by the Wietzke Funeral Home of Ellicott City, MD.