Jeanne Anderson died June 4, 2015 at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.
She was born to Kimball Williams and Trena Nielson Williams in Cortez, Colorado.
Her ancestral family arrived in Utah with the Willy Handcart Company. Her great-grandfather, Jens Nielson is known as the founder of several communities including Cedar City and Bluff, Utah as part of the Hole-in-the-Rock expedition. Every summer on the last day of school, Jeanne rode the Lyman Freight Truck from Grand Junction to Blanding where she caught the U.S. Mail truck to Bluff to spend the summer with her grandparents, Freeman and Margaret Nielson.
Growing up in the Depression Era, Jeanne learned to value and love gardening and later in her adult life, had truly splendid gardens in Bluff. She had a natural curiosity, loved archeology and geology, no doubt influenced by the beautiful natural surroundings of SE Utah. She graduated from high school in Grand Junction, Colorado and attended Mesa College.
Her marriage to George Brooks in 1946 produced four children: Cynthia, Katheryn, Patrick, and Michael. Married to Boyd Anderson in 1958 (until his death in 2000), her youngest son, Alan, was born.
Jeanne was wholly dedicated to San Juan County and worked on behalf of the community to develop the Sand Island picnic area, and negotiated with an oil company to sell their foot bridge, also known as the Swinging Bridge, for $1.00 to the Navajo Nation, making travel more convenient for tribal members.
Truly of pioneer stock, Jeanne was an industrious worker in addition to her philanthropy. In the late 1950's, she worked at the family business, the Twin Rocks Trading Post in Bluff. She also worked in several physician and dental offices throughout the years and for Delta Plan Insurance. She retired from Educators Mutual Insurance Association in Salt Lake City in 1993.
Her survivors include her children, Cynthia Schneider of Puyallup, Washington; Kaye (Randy) Stambaugh of San Diego, California; Patrick Brooks (Julie) of San Diego, Michael Brooks (Valerie) of Ketchikan, Alaska; and Alan Anderson of Tooele; eleven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Jeanne was preceded in death by her only brother, Neil Williams, and her husband, Boyd Anderson.
At her request, no formal services will be held.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 10, 2015.
She was born to Kimball Williams and Trena Nielson Williams in Cortez, Colorado.
Her ancestral family arrived in Utah with the Willy Handcart Company. Her great-grandfather, Jens Nielson is known as the founder of several communities including Cedar City and Bluff, Utah as part of the Hole-in-the-Rock expedition. Every summer on the last day of school, Jeanne rode the Lyman Freight Truck from Grand Junction to Blanding where she caught the U.S. Mail truck to Bluff to spend the summer with her grandparents, Freeman and Margaret Nielson.
Growing up in the Depression Era, Jeanne learned to value and love gardening and later in her adult life, had truly splendid gardens in Bluff. She had a natural curiosity, loved archeology and geology, no doubt influenced by the beautiful natural surroundings of SE Utah. She graduated from high school in Grand Junction, Colorado and attended Mesa College.
Her marriage to George Brooks in 1946 produced four children: Cynthia, Katheryn, Patrick, and Michael. Married to Boyd Anderson in 1958 (until his death in 2000), her youngest son, Alan, was born.
Jeanne was wholly dedicated to San Juan County and worked on behalf of the community to develop the Sand Island picnic area, and negotiated with an oil company to sell their foot bridge, also known as the Swinging Bridge, for $1.00 to the Navajo Nation, making travel more convenient for tribal members.
Truly of pioneer stock, Jeanne was an industrious worker in addition to her philanthropy. In the late 1950's, she worked at the family business, the Twin Rocks Trading Post in Bluff. She also worked in several physician and dental offices throughout the years and for Delta Plan Insurance. She retired from Educators Mutual Insurance Association in Salt Lake City in 1993.
Her survivors include her children, Cynthia Schneider of Puyallup, Washington; Kaye (Randy) Stambaugh of San Diego, California; Patrick Brooks (Julie) of San Diego, Michael Brooks (Valerie) of Ketchikan, Alaska; and Alan Anderson of Tooele; eleven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Jeanne was preceded in death by her only brother, Neil Williams, and her husband, Boyd Anderson.
At her request, no formal services will be held.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 10, 2015.
Jeanne Anderson died June 4, 2015 at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.
She was born to Kimball Williams and Trena Nielson Williams in Cortez, Colorado.
Her ancestral family arrived in Utah with the Willy Handcart Company. Her great-grandfather, Jens Nielson is known as the founder of several communities including Cedar City and Bluff, Utah as part of the Hole-in-the-Rock expedition. Every summer on the last day of school, Jeanne rode the Lyman Freight Truck from Grand Junction to Blanding where she caught the U.S. Mail truck to Bluff to spend the summer with her grandparents, Freeman and Margaret Nielson.
Growing up in the Depression Era, Jeanne learned to value and love gardening and later in her adult life, had truly splendid gardens in Bluff. She had a natural curiosity, loved archeology and geology, no doubt influenced by the beautiful natural surroundings of SE Utah. She graduated from high school in Grand Junction, Colorado and attended Mesa College.
Her marriage to George Brooks in 1946 produced four children: Cynthia, Katheryn, Patrick, and Michael. Married to Boyd Anderson in 1958 (until his death in 2000), her youngest son, Alan, was born.
Jeanne was wholly dedicated to San Juan County and worked on behalf of the community to develop the Sand Island picnic area, and negotiated with an oil company to sell their foot bridge, also known as the Swinging Bridge, for $1.00 to the Navajo Nation, making travel more convenient for tribal members.
Truly of pioneer stock, Jeanne was an industrious worker in addition to her philanthropy. In the late 1950's, she worked at the family business, the Twin Rocks Trading Post in Bluff. She also worked in several physician and dental offices throughout the years and for Delta Plan Insurance. She retired from Educators Mutual Insurance Association in Salt Lake City in 1993.
Her survivors include her children, Cynthia Schneider of Puyallup, Washington; Kaye (Randy) Stambaugh of San Diego, California; Patrick Brooks (Julie) of San Diego, Michael Brooks (Valerie) of Ketchikan, Alaska; and Alan Anderson of Tooele; eleven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Jeanne was preceded in death by her only brother, Neil Williams, and her husband, Boyd Anderson.
At her request, no formal services will be held.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 10, 2015.
She was born to Kimball Williams and Trena Nielson Williams in Cortez, Colorado.
Her ancestral family arrived in Utah with the Willy Handcart Company. Her great-grandfather, Jens Nielson is known as the founder of several communities including Cedar City and Bluff, Utah as part of the Hole-in-the-Rock expedition. Every summer on the last day of school, Jeanne rode the Lyman Freight Truck from Grand Junction to Blanding where she caught the U.S. Mail truck to Bluff to spend the summer with her grandparents, Freeman and Margaret Nielson.
Growing up in the Depression Era, Jeanne learned to value and love gardening and later in her adult life, had truly splendid gardens in Bluff. She had a natural curiosity, loved archeology and geology, no doubt influenced by the beautiful natural surroundings of SE Utah. She graduated from high school in Grand Junction, Colorado and attended Mesa College.
Her marriage to George Brooks in 1946 produced four children: Cynthia, Katheryn, Patrick, and Michael. Married to Boyd Anderson in 1958 (until his death in 2000), her youngest son, Alan, was born.
Jeanne was wholly dedicated to San Juan County and worked on behalf of the community to develop the Sand Island picnic area, and negotiated with an oil company to sell their foot bridge, also known as the Swinging Bridge, for $1.00 to the Navajo Nation, making travel more convenient for tribal members.
Truly of pioneer stock, Jeanne was an industrious worker in addition to her philanthropy. In the late 1950's, she worked at the family business, the Twin Rocks Trading Post in Bluff. She also worked in several physician and dental offices throughout the years and for Delta Plan Insurance. She retired from Educators Mutual Insurance Association in Salt Lake City in 1993.
Her survivors include her children, Cynthia Schneider of Puyallup, Washington; Kaye (Randy) Stambaugh of San Diego, California; Patrick Brooks (Julie) of San Diego, Michael Brooks (Valerie) of Ketchikan, Alaska; and Alan Anderson of Tooele; eleven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Jeanne was preceded in death by her only brother, Neil Williams, and her husband, Boyd Anderson.
At her request, no formal services will be held.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 10, 2015.
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