STANTON - Lanell K. Sauer, 68, died Oct. 21, 2021, surrounded by her family.
She was born on Oct. 23, 1952, to Joy and Richard Bonrud in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1970, one year early.
The thing she loved more than anything was being a mom and she desired to be one early on in her life. She also had a love for all animals, but most of all horses. She was a barrel racer for many years. She desired to pass her love for animals to her children and grandchildren.
She was also a devoted Christian woman, and she spent her life witnessing to everyone she met. She and her husband Clarence were active in ministering to others throughout their lives and while moving around the country. She even continued to minister, as she battled cancer, to those she met at oncology or those she met in her day to day life. She instilled the love for God in her daughters and grandchildren. She had such a special touch on people that many people call and consider her their Mom.
She is survived by her husband of 40 years Clarence Sauer; daughters Jodi Lumby of Tulsa, OK, Kristi Grebeck (Brian) of Midland, Staci Lumby of Midland, Kelsey Sauer (Josh) of Midland, Kylie Sauer of Midland, and Jana True (Spencer) of Midland; 11 grandchildren: Alex, Sean, Sierra, Sequoyia, Cody, Gunnar, Jordyn, Brinley, Teaghan, Ryder and Nash; great grandchildren Charleigh, Ember and Marlowe; her mother Joy Ingalls and her five siblings Leslee, Larry, Lynn, Lonny and Lee.
She is preceded in death by her father Richard Bonrud, one infant child, and one granddaughter Eternity.
A Celebration of Life was on Oct. 26, at Hosanna Christian Fellowship in Stanton. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery in Stanton.
Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory in Midland. Online condolences may be made at www.npwelch.com