Jeremy Adam Dodge Sanders, 13

Jeremy passed away suddenly on Saturday, March 6, 2010, near Libby. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, in the Commercial Building at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. Jeremy was born Oct. 29, 1996, in Redmond, Ore., to Adam Dodge and Danielle Sanders (Bauer). He was a seventh grade student at Kalispell Middle School. He was active in football and wrestling. He was also a very gifted artist and enjoyed writing poetry. He was an active outdoorsman. This past hunting season, on opening day, he harvested a buck with his Uncle Chad. Then later that week, on his 13th birthday, he harvested a five-point bull elk with his Grampa Dan. Words cannot describe his extreme happiness and he shared this experience with everyone he met. He loved music and video games and enjoyed playing these with his stepfather, Jeff. He loved his family. He especially loved spending time at his Grampa Dan and Grama Ramona s home in Columbia Falls. He enjoyed hard work and helping his Grampa Dan with whatever needed to be done. He had a wonderful sense of humor, leaving everyone with a big smile and a laugh. He loved to be the center of attention. He will be missed by his close circle of friends, his buddies. We will all miss his silly smile and his great laugh. Jeremy is survived by his parents, Danielle and Jeff Sanders of Kalispell, and Adam Dodge of Bend, Ore.; his big brother Coltin Dodge, and little brother Furious Sanders, and little sister Peyton Sanders; grandfather, Dan Bauer, of Columbia Falls; uncle, Chad Bauer, and wife, Joanna, of Kalispell, and their two children; aunt, Lisa, and uncle, Charly, of Columbia Falls, and daughter Katie; stepgrandmother, Mona Sanders, of Kalispell; uncle, Jay Sanders, of Kalispell; uncle, Glenn Sanders, of Wyoming; uncle, Zach Sanders, of Wyoming; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins and other relatives. A fund has been established at the Whitefish Credit Union for donations.