Owner, Supervisor
Born in Williamsport and
raised near Trout Run, Bill spent the summers of his youth in Newberry at the
Diamond Street home of his grandmother, Rena B. Kieser. He spent countless
hours in Newberry Park and played Original Little League and West End Babe Ruth
Baseball. At the age of 16, when Bill‘s parents instructed him to "go find
a summer job”, he approached his grandmother’s neighbor, and his father’s
friend Larry Sanders who owned the funeral home next door. He started working
at Sanders Mortuary during the summer of 1992, cutting grass and filing papers.
He has been an employee ever since.
Bill graduated from Liberty High School in 1994 and earned a B.S. in Business
Administration from Lycoming College in 1998. In 1996, he made the decision to
attend mortuary school at the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science (PIMS).
In 1999, he graduated from PIMS with honors. Bill returned to Williamsport to
complete his apprenticeship with Larry and Nancy Sanders. After passing the
state and national boards in 2000, he became a licensed funeral director. Bill
continued working at Sanders Mortuary and in December 2009, he became the owner
of Sanders Mortuary, with Larry and Nancy Sanders staying on staff as licensed
funeral directors.
Bill is actively committed to serving the community in which he lives and
works. Most notably, he is past president of the Newberry Lions Club and past
president of the Newberry Community Partnership. He serves on the Board of
Directors for the Salvation Army and Susquehanna Health Heartworks Program. He
is a Leadership Team and active member of Pine Street United Methodist Church. In
his spare time, he enjoys being with his family, coaching baseball at Original
Little League, and once in a while can be seen out playing golf, hunting and
snowmobiling.
Bill resides in
Williamsport with his wife Sarah, his son Pence, his daughter Pippy and their
dog Saki.
Bill continues to uphold the standards of integrity and excellence that have
been the trademarks of Sanders Mortuary throughout the past seven decades as he
continues to serve families in the greater Williamsport area and beyond during
their most solemn times of need.
Funeral Director
A
native of Williamsport, Mike grew up in the East End and graduated from Bishop
Neumann High School in 1992. After graduation he earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Mansfield University in 1995 and graduated from Simmons Institute
of Funeral Service, Syracuse, NY in 1997. Mike became a licensed Funeral
Director in 1998 and has since worked in funeral homes in both Lancaster and
Williamsport.
In
addition to his funeral director license, Mike has his life insurance license,
enabling him to provide pre-need funeral insurance to families that we serve. Mike
has been a vital part of the Central Penn Funeral Directors Association where
he has served various roles.
Community
involvement is important to Mike. He has served on committees with the
Williamsport / Lycoming Chamber of Commerce, and is a member and former past
president of the Williamsport Area Management Association. Mike enjoys coaching
his sons in AYSO soccer, Loyalsock Little League, Trinity Basketball teams in
the Bower League and Little Lancer Basketball Program. Mike serves as an usher
at Trinity Episcopal Church where he and his family attend.
Mike
and his wife, Amy, live in Loyalsock Township with their sons Steven and Ryan.
His oldest child, Renee graduated from Penn State University and currently
resides in Boston where Mike likes to visit and delight in New England cuisine.
Funeral Director & Family Care
Born and raised in York,
Pennsylvania Sarah is now delighted to call the Northern Tier of the state
home. She has been with Sanders Mortuary since 2014 and is a Licensed Funeral
Director, a Certified Celebrant and holds a PA Life Insurance License. Sarah
graduated from Red Lion High School, York College with a Bachelor’s degree in
Public Relations and Speech Communication. She earned a Master of Science degree
in Gerontology from Towson University, Towson, MD and a Mortuary Science degree
from American Academy McAllister Institute, New York, NY. Prior to working
alongside her husband Sarah assisted funeral directors in PA, DE, RI and MA
with their Pre-Planning programs, helping them educate their communities on the
important benefits of advance funeral and cremation planning.
Often found helping with
many tasks around the funeral home, Sarah embraces working with families and
finding a creative spin to celebrate one’s life. She hosts our Lunch &
Learn workshops, helps with monuments and represents the funeral home at
community outreach events. Sarah truly enjoys having conversation and helping
folks pre-plan their funeral services ahead of time for complete peace of mind.
Sarah helps coordinate
our Wreaths Across America Program, Operation Valentine, Valentines Luncheon,
Holiday Remembrance Service and so many more programs that Sanders participates
in. She currently serves as the Pine Street United Methodist Church Coordinator
for Family Promise of Lycoming County, is a Past President, Secretary and Treasurer
of the BNI Millionaires Networking Chapter, serves as a Committee Chair for the
American Cancer Society’s Destiny Ball Event, and plays an active role
currently serving as President for the Newberry Lioness Club.
Sarah enjoys being with
her family, cheering on Pence & Pippy in all of their events and taking
trips to York County and the beach whenever she can. You may even spot her walking
around Newberry with her dog Saki or volunteering around town. Sarah and Bill
are proud to call Williamsport Home and be of service to the many great
neighbors they are blessed with.
Funeral Director - In Loving Memory 1964-2023
Born and raised in
Williamsport, Bryan graduated from Williamsport Area High School, Class of 1982
and started working at Sanders in the summer of 1983. He attended
Williamsport Area Community College and Lycoming College and graduated with a Mortuary
Science Degree from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1987. Over
the course of the last 30 years, Bryan has worked as a Funeral Director in
Hummelstown and has also owned and operated his own funeral homes in Beavertown
and McClure. In 2009, Bryan returned to Lycoming County and worked
for the McCarty-Thomas Funeral Home before re-joining the staff at Sanders in
2015. You can find Bryan with a smile on his face, helping out in all
areas of the funeral home. The hard work ethic instilled in him by his parents
truly shows as he goes from directing funerals and preparing deceased for
services to grabbing a paint brush and applying a coat of paint, to mulching
and landscaping, doing anything that is needed around the funeral home. His
extensive knowledge of video and photo technology has made him an essential
part of our Tribute Videos produced for families.
Bryan is an advocate for
the Skip Hunsinger Children’s Christmas Spectacular in town carrying on a
tradition and program started by his father. He lives with his wife, Nevilee in Williamsport. In his spare time he
enjoys being at the family cabin in Central Oak Heights, cooking, relaxing in
his hot tub, doing yard work and other outdoor activities.
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Born in Williamsport and raised in the outskirts of Jersey
Shore, Alyssa is a 2012 graduate of Jersey Shore Area Senior High School. After
graduation she attended Pennsylvania State University until transferring home
and graduating from Pennsylvania College of Technology with a B.S. in Business
Administration Management Concentration with a minor in Marketing and a B.S. in
Business Administration Banking and Finance Concentration with a minor in Small
Business and Entrepreneurship. Alyssa obtained her degree in Mortuary Science
from Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. In the warmer months
Alyssa can consistently be found on the water with her family and friends kayaking the
local creeks, river and streams or hiking the local state woods searching for
waterfalls.
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