Cecil D. Sanderson, age 94, of Brookings, died Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 30, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Donations can be given in memory of Cecil to the Sanderson Legacy Fund for McCrory Gardens. Checks should be made out to The SDSU Foundation/Sanderson Legacy Fund for McCrory Gardens, 815 Medary Ave., Box 525, Brookings, SD 57007, to The United Way of Brookings, or to First Lutheran Church of Brookings. Cecil Dale Sanderson was born July 7, 1914, at Aurora, South Dakota, to Everett George and Mary (Johnson) Sanderson. He graduated from Brookings High School and received a bachelors degree in animal science and a masters degree in economics from SDSU. On June 14, 1942, he married Grace Jager at Castlewood, South Dakota. Cecil served in the U.S. Army Infantry Corps during World War II from March 3, 1942, until his discharge as a captain in October 1945. Following the war, he worked as an extension agent in Sisseton, from 1945 until 1960 then as a district extension supervisor. The Sandersons moved to a farm east of BrookingsCecil retired in 1972. Cecil was a member of First Lutheran Church, and had served as the secretary of the mens club for two years and on numerous other committees. He was honored by the National County Agents Association in 1954, and was an honorary member of the FFA in Sisseton. He was a member of Kiwanis, several fraternities, Brookings Area Betterment, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, the board of the United Retirement Center, and he served on the board of the Volunteer Service Bank for six years. Survivors include his wife, Grace, of Brookings; seven sons: Reed Sanderson and wife Christine of Chamberlain, South Dakota, Mark Sanderson and wife Susan Randall of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Kwen Sanderson of Centerville, South Dakota, Laun Sanderson and wife Ruth of Plymouth, Minnesota, Jan Sanderson and wife Elizabeth of Aurora, South Dakota, Terry Sanderson and wife Jean of Chelan, Washington, Dell Sanderson and wife Tammy of Luverne, Minnesota; a daughter, Joy Conn and husband Richard, of St. Joseph, Missouri; and a sister, Athlynne (Sanderson) Bakkenne and husband Johnnie of Canton, SD. Cecil has 24 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, E. George and Mary (Johnson) Sanderson; brothers George, Elmer, Gale, and Dean; sisters Laura John, Viola Young, Alice Clark, and Nina Butts.