TRAVERSE CITY — Mary Lynn Anderson, 42, of Traverse City, died peacefully Monday, May 2, 2011, at her cousin Theresa Shananaquet's home in Kewadin.
She was born Dec. 2, 1968, in Traverse City, the daughter of Albert and Shirley (Wilson) Anderson. She grew up in Orlando, Fla., and moved back to northern Michigan in 1999 to be closer to her biological family.
Mary Lynn was a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
She enjoyed cooking and had a great sense of humor. She loved to make people laugh. Mary Lynn also enjoyed basketball and even played in college.
She leaves behind her four sons, for whom she had deep love and care, Brandon Anderson, of Traverse City, Dwaun Anderson, Jonathan Anderson and Dakota Agosa, all of Suttons Bay; her brothers, Albert (Cookie) Anderson Jr., of Rochester, N.Y., and Ronald (Nicole) Anderson, of Suttons Bay; her fiancé, Daniel Grubbs, of Traverse City; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mary Lynn was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, David Anderson; and her foster mother, Catherine P. Cadogan.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 5, at 2 p.m., at the Kewadin Indian Mission Church, with the Rev. Tom John officiating. The family will receive friends at the church starting tonight at 6 p.m. and continuing until the time of service. Burial will follow in Indian Mission Cemetery, Kewadin.
Memorials may be directed to her children's college education fund. Envelopes will be available at the church.
Please sign her online guestbook www.mortensenfuneralhomes.com.
Arrangements have been handled by the Central Lake Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes.
She was born Dec. 2, 1968, in Traverse City, the daughter of Albert and Shirley (Wilson) Anderson. She grew up in Orlando, Fla., and moved back to northern Michigan in 1999 to be closer to her biological family.
Mary Lynn was a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
She enjoyed cooking and had a great sense of humor. She loved to make people laugh. Mary Lynn also enjoyed basketball and even played in college.
She leaves behind her four sons, for whom she had deep love and care, Brandon Anderson, of Traverse City, Dwaun Anderson, Jonathan Anderson and Dakota Agosa, all of Suttons Bay; her brothers, Albert (Cookie) Anderson Jr., of Rochester, N.Y., and Ronald (Nicole) Anderson, of Suttons Bay; her fiancé, Daniel Grubbs, of Traverse City; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mary Lynn was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, David Anderson; and her foster mother, Catherine P. Cadogan.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 5, at 2 p.m., at the Kewadin Indian Mission Church, with the Rev. Tom John officiating. The family will receive friends at the church starting tonight at 6 p.m. and continuing until the time of service. Burial will follow in Indian Mission Cemetery, Kewadin.
Memorials may be directed to her children's college education fund. Envelopes will be available at the church.
Please sign her online guestbook www.mortensenfuneralhomes.com.
Arrangements have been handled by the Central Lake Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes.
TRAVERSE CITY — Mary Lynn Anderson, 42, of Traverse City, died peacefully Monday, May 2, 2011, at her cousin Theresa Shananaquet's home in Kewadin.
She was born Dec. 2, 1968, in Traverse City, the daughter of Albert and Shirley (Wilson) Anderson. She grew up in Orlando, Fla., and moved back to northern Michigan in 1999 to be closer to her biological family.
Mary Lynn was a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
She enjoyed cooking and had a great sense of humor. She loved to make people laugh. Mary Lynn also enjoyed basketball and even played in college.
She leaves behind her four sons, for whom she had deep love and care, Brandon Anderson, of Traverse City, Dwaun Anderson, Jonathan Anderson and Dakota Agosa, all of Suttons Bay; her brothers, Albert (Cookie) Anderson Jr., of Rochester, N.Y., and Ronald (Nicole) Anderson, of Suttons Bay; her fiancé, Daniel Grubbs, of Traverse City; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mary Lynn was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, David Anderson; and her foster mother, Catherine P. Cadogan.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 5, at 2 p.m., at the Kewadin Indian Mission Church, with the Rev. Tom John officiating. The family will receive friends at the church starting tonight at 6 p.m. and continuing until the time of service. Burial will follow in Indian Mission Cemetery, Kewadin.
Memorials may be directed to her children's college education fund. Envelopes will be available at the church.
Please sign her online guestbook www.mortensenfuneralhomes.com.
Arrangements have been handled by the Central Lake Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes.
She was born Dec. 2, 1968, in Traverse City, the daughter of Albert and Shirley (Wilson) Anderson. She grew up in Orlando, Fla., and moved back to northern Michigan in 1999 to be closer to her biological family.
Mary Lynn was a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
She enjoyed cooking and had a great sense of humor. She loved to make people laugh. Mary Lynn also enjoyed basketball and even played in college.
She leaves behind her four sons, for whom she had deep love and care, Brandon Anderson, of Traverse City, Dwaun Anderson, Jonathan Anderson and Dakota Agosa, all of Suttons Bay; her brothers, Albert (Cookie) Anderson Jr., of Rochester, N.Y., and Ronald (Nicole) Anderson, of Suttons Bay; her fiancé, Daniel Grubbs, of Traverse City; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mary Lynn was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, David Anderson; and her foster mother, Catherine P. Cadogan.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 5, at 2 p.m., at the Kewadin Indian Mission Church, with the Rev. Tom John officiating. The family will receive friends at the church starting tonight at 6 p.m. and continuing until the time of service. Burial will follow in Indian Mission Cemetery, Kewadin.
Memorials may be directed to her children's college education fund. Envelopes will be available at the church.
Please sign her online guestbook www.mortensenfuneralhomes.com.
Arrangements have been handled by the Central Lake Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes.
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