John R. Sandquist, age 72 of Creighton, Missouri passed away Saturday, November 21, 2009 at Veterans Administration Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Clinton with burial in Clinton Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Family will receive friends from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at the church. Family suggests contributions to the Seventh Day Adventist Church or the Multiple Myeloma Foundation and may be left at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansnt-millsfuneralhome.com.

John was born in Goose Creek, Texas. He served in the U. S. Army. He was a respiratory therapist for the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Clinton.

He is survived by his wife, Norma of the home; one son, Stephen Alan Sandquist of Deepwater, Missouri; two daughters, Lisa Rene Kraulik of Donaldson, Minnesota and Erica Rochel Sandquist of Belton, Missouri; two brothers, Robert William Sandquist of Clovis, New Mexico and Donald Dean Sanquist of Saint Kitts, Virgin Islands; one sister, Marilyn Grace Leonard of Lincoln, Nebraska and six grandchildren.