David was raised in Kingman, graduated from Fountain Central High School in 1997, and Danville Area Community College in 1999 with a degree in Criminology. He worked at the Fountain County Sheriff's Department for 4 years as a jailer/dispatcher then accepted a job as a police officer in 2003 with the Purdue University Police Department and retired from Purdue in 2016. David met Mandy Weathington at Purdue and they were later married in 2006. 

In 2005, David started working part-time for Hippensteel Funeral Home in Lafayette and graduated from Ivy Tech Northwest in 2009 with a degree in Mortuary Science. He completed his one year internship with Hippensteel Funeral Home and Digger Mortuary Services in Indianapolis. In March 2011, David and Mandy broke ground on Sanders Funeral Care in Kingman and opened on July 2011.  In February 2018, David and Mandy purchased the historic Powers-Priebe Funeral Home in Crawfordsville, and later that year moved their family into the upstairs residence of the funeral home. In December 2020, David and Mandy purchased Shoemaker Funeral Home in Waynetown. 

David and Mandy have two children, Jayda and Korbin. 

Mandy was born and raised in Peru, IN, and attended Peru High School until she was 16 years old when her family moved to the Lafayette area. She then attended McCutcheon High School and graduated in 1997. In 1998, she began working at the West Lafayette Police Department as a dispatcher. She worked there until she accepted a position at the Purdue University Police Department as a police dispatcher in 2003.

While still employed at Purdue University Police Department, she began her studies part-time in Funeral Service Management & Mortuary Science, and it is still her area of study. She is a licensed Life Insurance agent that specializes in preneed insurance, and she is our Certified Cremation Specialist. She is excited to assist her husband David in giving back to the community by opening Sanders Funeral Care with him.

Together, David and Mandy have two children, Jayda and Korbin.

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Gabriella was raised in Frankfort, IN, and graduated from Clinton Central Jr/Sr High School in 2015. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Wesley Manor Retirement Community in Frankfort while attending school at Indiana University Southeast and Mid-America College of Funeral Service. 

In 2018, she graduated from Mid-America College of Funeral Service with an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Funeral Service. Gabriella served her year long internship at Sanders Funeral Care and earned her Funeral Director License in the State of Indiana in March 2020. While serving her internship, she completed her bachelor’s degree.

After graduating from college, Gabriella moved to Lebanon where she lives with her husband and beloved fur babies. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and creating do-it-yourself projects she found on Pinterest.

Sarah was born and raised in Crawfordsville, graduating from North Montgomery High School in 2007.  She earned her degree in Funeral Service Education from Vincennes University in 2010.   

After college, she moved to Massachusetts and worked for several funeral home locations with Carriage Services while completing her apprenticeship and earning her MA Funeral Director’s License. In 2016, Sarah and her husband moved to Rhode Island, where she was a licensed Funeral Director with Shalom Memorial Chapel.

In 2022, Sarah and her husband decided to return to Montgomery County to be closer to her family, and Sarah started working at Sanders Funeral Care to serve her hometown community.    

Sarah and her husband, Tim, live in Crawfordsville with their 2 cats, Tifa and Cereal. In her spare time, Sarah loves cuddling with her cats, watching documentaries and mystery shows, and working on cross stitch pictures.

Being involved in the funeral service industry since she was 16, Macy’s passion for serving families began at an early age. She graduated from Cascade High School in the class of 2012, and then went on to graduate from Ivy Tech Community College with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Mortuary Science and Funeral Service in 2017. Macy became a licensed funeral director/embalmer and life insurance producer in 2018.

Macy and her younger sister, MaKenzie, enjoyed showing swine, beef cattle, and sheep all 10 years they were in 4-H, as well as numerous livestock shows across the Midwest. Macy’s family continues to run a row crop farm as well as raising beef cattle. Macy and her sister are the fourth generation in their family to farm and show livestock.

Although the first in her family to be involved in funeral service, Macy enjoys helping families make thoughtful selections for the future, as well as providing support, knowledge, and resources after a death has occurred. Losing her mother suddenly at age 50 with no plans in place quickly became Macy's “why”, encouraging her to serve families better and really express the value of advance planning to others.

When not working in the funeral home, Macy enjoys taking her boat out on the water, writing, attending Mass, going to livestock shows, and traveling. She is a member of the Catholic Business Network, St. Roch Catholic Church, and the Indiana Funeral Directors Association.

Ethan graduated from Kingman High School in 1957. Ethan was a machine operator at Mid-States Wire in Crawfordsville and retired after 38 years. He also worked at Woodrow Funeral Home in Kingman for over 40 years, Powers-Priebe Funeral Home in Crawfordsville for 17 years, and Sanders Funeral Care in Kingman for 10 years. He attended the Kingman Methodist Church and Prairie Creek Baptist Church. Ethan was a vital part of the funeral home and will be missed dearly by us all.