Tupelo--Delores M. Saunders, 78, went to be with our Lord and Savior on December 2, 2012 at the Northeast Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was a wonderful and caring Mother, Grandmother and Friend to all who knew her. She was of the Catholic faith.

Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home in Davenport, Iowa will be handling the funeral arrangements. Lee Memorial Funeral Home will be handling all local arrangements including a memorial service which will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 15, 2012 in the Lee Memorial Chapel.

She was born on December 24, 1933 in Davenport, Iowa, a daughter of Charles and Ethel (Glaudel) Bitterman.

Survivors include her children; son Wallace (Mary) Quandt, Jr. of Saltillo, MS and two daughters, Brenda (John) Kannady of Denver,Colo and Cheryl (Cleve) Bramlett of Belden, MS. A brother, David (Patricia) Bitterman of Davenport, sisters-in-law Kittie (Jerry) Mooney of Houston,TX and Geraldine (Monty) Beckley and Judy Bitterman of Davenport, IA. Her Grandchildren: Maurine (Jim) Dare, Monica Kannady, John (Katie) Kannady II, all of Denver, Col., Wayne (Candice) Easterling of Marietta, and Rachel Easterling of Belmont. Great Grandchildren: Kenneth, Shaun and Naomi Kannady of Denver; Cory and Justin Lovelace of Belmont, and Chloe Easterling of Marietta.

She was preceded in death by husbands, Wallace Quandt, Sr. and Weldon T. Saunders and her brothers Richard and Glenn Bitterman.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Lung Association,