Funeral services for Mary Gladys Anderson, 95, were held August 7, 1989, at the Presbyterian Church in Villisca, Iowa with the Rev. Michael McDowell officiating. Burial was in the Arlington Cemetery near Villisca.
Pall bearers were Gregory Gillette, John Anderson, Jim Anderson, David Anderson, Howard Anderson, Frances Diaz, David Diaz, Gene Gillette, Douglas Anderson, Duane Anderson, Jim Diaz, and Scott Diaz.
Frances Gray was organist and Mary Lynn Posion was soloist. Attending the guest registry were Sharon Loutzenhiser and Rachel Lyle, and ushers were Robert Brown and Joe Lines.
Mary Gladys was born December 13, 1893, in a sod house near Wallace, Nebraska, the daughter of John Calvin and Jennie Fisher Forsythe, and died August 3, 1989, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, where she had lived the past five years.
In 1901, she moved to Iowa with her family and lived in the Griswold area where she attended school. She taught rural school in Cass County for several years. On April 18, 1917, she was married to James D. Anderson, and they farmed near Villisca, except for one year spent in Wyoming. Her husband died in 1981 and she moved to Atlantic.
She was a 50 year member of the Villisca Presbyterian Church and was active in United Presbyterial. She was a past matron of the Order of Eastern Star in Villisca and a member of P.E.O. sisterhood. In the 1940’s she was honored as the first Rural Homemaker of the Year in Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband, five brothers, four sisters, one daughter and one son.
She is survived by her children, Hubert and Thelma Anderson of Kosciusko, Mississippi, Stanley and Betty Anderson of Springfield, Missouri, Calvin and Lorraine Anderson and Beth Diaz, all of Atlantic, Bernard and Marjorie Gillette of Villisca, and Orville and Delores Miller of East Peroia, Illinois; 24 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, and one sister-in-law, Marie Forsythe of Villisca.
Villisca Review, August 10, 1989, page 10
Pall bearers were Gregory Gillette, John Anderson, Jim Anderson, David Anderson, Howard Anderson, Frances Diaz, David Diaz, Gene Gillette, Douglas Anderson, Duane Anderson, Jim Diaz, and Scott Diaz.
Frances Gray was organist and Mary Lynn Posion was soloist. Attending the guest registry were Sharon Loutzenhiser and Rachel Lyle, and ushers were Robert Brown and Joe Lines.
Mary Gladys was born December 13, 1893, in a sod house near Wallace, Nebraska, the daughter of John Calvin and Jennie Fisher Forsythe, and died August 3, 1989, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, where she had lived the past five years.
In 1901, she moved to Iowa with her family and lived in the Griswold area where she attended school. She taught rural school in Cass County for several years. On April 18, 1917, she was married to James D. Anderson, and they farmed near Villisca, except for one year spent in Wyoming. Her husband died in 1981 and she moved to Atlantic.
She was a 50 year member of the Villisca Presbyterian Church and was active in United Presbyterial. She was a past matron of the Order of Eastern Star in Villisca and a member of P.E.O. sisterhood. In the 1940’s she was honored as the first Rural Homemaker of the Year in Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband, five brothers, four sisters, one daughter and one son.
She is survived by her children, Hubert and Thelma Anderson of Kosciusko, Mississippi, Stanley and Betty Anderson of Springfield, Missouri, Calvin and Lorraine Anderson and Beth Diaz, all of Atlantic, Bernard and Marjorie Gillette of Villisca, and Orville and Delores Miller of East Peroia, Illinois; 24 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, and one sister-in-law, Marie Forsythe of Villisca.
Villisca Review, August 10, 1989, page 10
Funeral services for Mary Gladys Anderson, 95, were held August 7, 1989, at the Presbyterian Church in Villisca, Iowa with the Rev. Michael McDowell officiating. Burial was in the Arlington Cemetery near Villisca.
Pall bearers were Gregory Gillette, John Anderson, Jim Anderson, David Anderson, Howard Anderson, Frances Diaz, David Diaz, Gene Gillette, Douglas Anderson, Duane Anderson, Jim Diaz, and Scott Diaz.
Frances Gray was organist and Mary Lynn Posion was soloist. Attending the guest registry were Sharon Loutzenhiser and Rachel Lyle, and ushers were Robert Brown and Joe Lines.
Mary Gladys was born December 13, 1893, in a sod house near Wallace, Nebraska, the daughter of John Calvin and Jennie Fisher Forsythe, and died August 3, 1989, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, where she had lived the past five years.
In 1901, she moved to Iowa with her family and lived in the Griswold area where she attended school. She taught rural school in Cass County for several years. On April 18, 1917, she was married to James D. Anderson, and they farmed near Villisca, except for one year spent in Wyoming. Her husband died in 1981 and she moved to Atlantic.
She was a 50 year member of the Villisca Presbyterian Church and was active in United Presbyterial. She was a past matron of the Order of Eastern Star in Villisca and a member of P.E.O. sisterhood. In the 1940’s she was honored as the first Rural Homemaker of the Year in Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband, five brothers, four sisters, one daughter and one son.
She is survived by her children, Hubert and Thelma Anderson of Kosciusko, Mississippi, Stanley and Betty Anderson of Springfield, Missouri, Calvin and Lorraine Anderson and Beth Diaz, all of Atlantic, Bernard and Marjorie Gillette of Villisca, and Orville and Delores Miller of East Peroia, Illinois; 24 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, and one sister-in-law, Marie Forsythe of Villisca.
Villisca Review, August 10, 1989, page 10
Pall bearers were Gregory Gillette, John Anderson, Jim Anderson, David Anderson, Howard Anderson, Frances Diaz, David Diaz, Gene Gillette, Douglas Anderson, Duane Anderson, Jim Diaz, and Scott Diaz.
Frances Gray was organist and Mary Lynn Posion was soloist. Attending the guest registry were Sharon Loutzenhiser and Rachel Lyle, and ushers were Robert Brown and Joe Lines.
Mary Gladys was born December 13, 1893, in a sod house near Wallace, Nebraska, the daughter of John Calvin and Jennie Fisher Forsythe, and died August 3, 1989, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, where she had lived the past five years.
In 1901, she moved to Iowa with her family and lived in the Griswold area where she attended school. She taught rural school in Cass County for several years. On April 18, 1917, she was married to James D. Anderson, and they farmed near Villisca, except for one year spent in Wyoming. Her husband died in 1981 and she moved to Atlantic.
She was a 50 year member of the Villisca Presbyterian Church and was active in United Presbyterial. She was a past matron of the Order of Eastern Star in Villisca and a member of P.E.O. sisterhood. In the 1940’s she was honored as the first Rural Homemaker of the Year in Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband, five brothers, four sisters, one daughter and one son.
She is survived by her children, Hubert and Thelma Anderson of Kosciusko, Mississippi, Stanley and Betty Anderson of Springfield, Missouri, Calvin and Lorraine Anderson and Beth Diaz, all of Atlantic, Bernard and Marjorie Gillette of Villisca, and Orville and Delores Miller of East Peroia, Illinois; 24 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, and one sister-in-law, Marie Forsythe of Villisca.
Villisca Review, August 10, 1989, page 10
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