Jeremy Adam Dodge Sanders

Jeremy Adam Dodge Sanders, 13, passed away suddenly on Saturday March 6, 2010 near Libby.

Jeremy was born Oct. 29, 1996 in Redmond, Ore., to Adam Dodge and Danielle (Bauer) Sanders. 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 5-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 step-father, Jeff. He loved his family. He especially loved spending time at his grampa Dan and gramma 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; 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; step-grandmother, Mona Sanders of Kalispell; uncle Jay Sanders of Kalispell; uncle Glenn Sanders of Wyoming; uncle Zach Sanders of Wyoming; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins and other relatives.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010, 1 p.m. at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.