The Sanders Estate Benefits our Community

William and Mildred Sanders

What great news for our city that we will have two new medic units for the Seattle Fire Department due to the generosity of my friend, Don Krahmer, of Portland, who has donated over $1 million from the estate of his late aunt and uncle, Mildred Krahmer Sanders and William C. Sanders to two charities.  In addition to the Seattle Fire Department gift, the other gift was to the Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), the leading nonprofit supporter of advanced eye research located in New York City.  The funds they received were for construction of a lab for advanced eye research.

William Sanders was born in Portland, Oregon in 1922. His wife, Mildred Jeanette Krahmer Sanders was born in Blooming, Oregon on the family homestead (near Hillsboro, Oregon) in 1921. They spent their early lives in the greater Portland metro area. After marrying in 1944, they moved to the Seattle area where William worked as an aerospace engineer and where he, retired as an executive in foreign engineering technology. Mildred, served in a variety of engineering support activities, ending her career as the librarian and manager of The Boeing Company's engineering library. The couple were world travelers. Upon retirement, they settled in West Seattle where they enjoyed a skyline view of the City of Seattle and the Seattle Harbor. William  predeceased Mildred in 2002 and Mildred passed away in 2011.

Don Krahmer, Jr.

Don was a very devoted and loving nephew.  Over the years as we both served on the Pacific Continental Bank Board of Directors, I can recall him saying many times that he was coming to Seattle for a few days to spend time with his Aunt and I was always so impressed with his care and concern for her.

Thank you Don, for sharing a portion of your Aunt and Uncle's estate with the Seattle community!