Lorena Sanders was born in Bixby, Oklahoma on September 5, 1938 to James and Rosie Smith. She passed from this life on September 24, 2013 at the age of 75. Lorena has been a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Cleveland, Oklahoma since 2001. She enjoyed gardening and her favorite flowers were roses. Lorena would tell you her greatest accomplishment was her family.

Lorena was preceded in death by her parents James and Rosie Smith. She is survived by her husband, Robert Sanders; siblings, Jarema Brackeen, Patsy Sowersby and Jim Smith; her children, Randy Wayne Sanders, Marty Eugene Sanders and Kenneth Ray Sanders; and her grandchildren Randa Wilene Sanders, Kenneth Ray Sanders, Jr., Natasha Sanders and Sara Ann Sanders.