Bessie was born to Carl and Hulda Anderson of Georgetown, Texas, the second youngest of 10 children.
On Jan. 19, 1945, she married George B. Gass in San Diego. The couple lived in Tacoma, Wash., before setting in Joplin in 1946. Bessie cooked at Joplin School for 13 years, retiring in 1969. The couple then moved to Whitefish in 1974, and to Kansas in 1980, returning to Whitefish in 1985, and settling in Hamilton in 1991. She was a member of the Joplin Lutheran Church and attended Christ Lutheran Church in Whitefish.
Preceding her in death was her husband, George, in 1994.
Survivors included her son, John; daughter, Sharon(Richard); two grandsons; and one granddaughter; sister in-law, Lilla; and nieces and nephews in Texas and Kansas.
Bessie was born to Carl and Hulda Anderson of Georgetown, Texas, the second youngest of 10 children.
On Jan. 19, 1945, she married George B. Gass in San Diego. The couple lived in Tacoma, Wash., before setting in Joplin in 1946. Bessie cooked at Joplin School for 13 years, retiring in 1969. The couple then moved to Whitefish in 1974, and to Kansas in 1980, returning to Whitefish in 1985, and settling in Hamilton in 1991. She was a member of the Joplin Lutheran Church and attended Christ Lutheran Church in Whitefish.
Preceding her in death was her husband, George, in 1994.
Survivors included her son, John; daughter, Sharon(Richard); two grandsons; and one granddaughter; sister in-law, Lilla; and nieces and nephews in Texas and Kansas.
Family Members
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John A. Anderson
1894–1982
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Lena Signe Anderson Gustafson
1896–1967
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Alda Elizabeth Anderson Carlson
1898–1983
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Agda Louise Anderson Swanberg
1900–1975
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Walter Anderson
1903–1979
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Lillie I Anderson Erickson
1904–1988
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Oscar C. Anderson
1907–1988
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Martha Evelyn Anderson Carlson
1910–2000
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Mildred Gladys Anderson Anderson
1912–1998
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