Bret Thomas Sander

Bret was born in Jefferson City, MO to John Robert and Karen Sue Schmidt Sander, who survive at the home. Other survivors include one sister, Lisa C. Sander, Jefferson City; and two grandmothers, Bernadine Sander, Moberly; and Lorine Schmidt, Breese, Illinois. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church; Mid-America TEC; served as statistician of the Jefferson City High School varsity basketball team during his junior and senior years; and was an Eagle Scout with Troop 6 of the Boy Scouts of America at Immaculate Conception parish. Memorials are suggested to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1900 N. Providence Road, Columbia, MO 65201. He was a 2002 graduate of Jefferson City High School where he was a member of the National Honor Society; and a 2002 graduate of State Fair Community College where he received an Associate of Science degree in Computer Science with Highest Honors. He was employed as a web programmer with the Missouri Department of Social Services.