Lillian was born to Charles & Margaret (Stotts) Bechard in Murdo, SD. In 1950 the family moved to the Gonvick farm where they settled.
She earned her diploma from Gonvick Public School in 1963. She married Malcolm Anderson on Jan 24, 1964. They lived on Malcolm's farm at Clearbrook, MN. They owned and operated a café in Clearbrook, for a short time, where she gained her cooking and baking skills. When Malcolm's health declined they moved west of Clearbrook, where Malcolm did mechanic work and Lillian started as a nurse's aide at the Good Samaritan Center. She worked there for 20+ yrs.
On April 4, 2001 she married Harlan Riggs. They lived together at Clearbrook till July 2, 2001 when she suffered a brain aneurysm and then moved to an Assisted Living in Bemidji, Bagley and then settled in Warroad. Lillian was a loving and gracious wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her heart was full of caring, compassion and God. She was a member and very active in the Elim Church as Sunday School teacher, Ladies Aide, Cleaner and Sextant for many years. She was a Girl Scout Leader in the Clearbrook area, a foster parent and Godmother to many. Lillian loved sewing, making picture books for family and friends, baking for the bachelors in the area, making donuts, working jigsaw and word search puzzles. She was always helping people that needed a extra hand with anything. She will be missed greatly by family and all friends.
Lillian is survived by her siblings: Shirley, Charlotte and Keith (Glow); brother-in-law, Johnnie; children: Becky, Rachel, Russell and Ross; grandchildren: Kayla (Joe), Levi, Ethan, Hannah, Elijah, Elizabeth (Andrew), Brian JR , Alexander, and Catherine; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; parents-in-law; husbands; infant son; siblings: Florence, Sarah and Jim; niecem Tammy; sisters-in-law: Faye and Lois; and brothers-in-law: Leonard, Ike, Kenneth, Erling, Gene and Kenny.
She earned her diploma from Gonvick Public School in 1963. She married Malcolm Anderson on Jan 24, 1964. They lived on Malcolm's farm at Clearbrook, MN. They owned and operated a café in Clearbrook, for a short time, where she gained her cooking and baking skills. When Malcolm's health declined they moved west of Clearbrook, where Malcolm did mechanic work and Lillian started as a nurse's aide at the Good Samaritan Center. She worked there for 20+ yrs.
On April 4, 2001 she married Harlan Riggs. They lived together at Clearbrook till July 2, 2001 when she suffered a brain aneurysm and then moved to an Assisted Living in Bemidji, Bagley and then settled in Warroad. Lillian was a loving and gracious wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her heart was full of caring, compassion and God. She was a member and very active in the Elim Church as Sunday School teacher, Ladies Aide, Cleaner and Sextant for many years. She was a Girl Scout Leader in the Clearbrook area, a foster parent and Godmother to many. Lillian loved sewing, making picture books for family and friends, baking for the bachelors in the area, making donuts, working jigsaw and word search puzzles. She was always helping people that needed a extra hand with anything. She will be missed greatly by family and all friends.
Lillian is survived by her siblings: Shirley, Charlotte and Keith (Glow); brother-in-law, Johnnie; children: Becky, Rachel, Russell and Ross; grandchildren: Kayla (Joe), Levi, Ethan, Hannah, Elijah, Elizabeth (Andrew), Brian JR , Alexander, and Catherine; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; parents-in-law; husbands; infant son; siblings: Florence, Sarah and Jim; niecem Tammy; sisters-in-law: Faye and Lois; and brothers-in-law: Leonard, Ike, Kenneth, Erling, Gene and Kenny.
Lillian was born to Charles & Margaret (Stotts) Bechard in Murdo, SD. In 1950 the family moved to the Gonvick farm where they settled.
She earned her diploma from Gonvick Public School in 1963. She married Malcolm Anderson on Jan 24, 1964. They lived on Malcolm's farm at Clearbrook, MN. They owned and operated a café in Clearbrook, for a short time, where she gained her cooking and baking skills. When Malcolm's health declined they moved west of Clearbrook, where Malcolm did mechanic work and Lillian started as a nurse's aide at the Good Samaritan Center. She worked there for 20+ yrs.
On April 4, 2001 she married Harlan Riggs. They lived together at Clearbrook till July 2, 2001 when she suffered a brain aneurysm and then moved to an Assisted Living in Bemidji, Bagley and then settled in Warroad. Lillian was a loving and gracious wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her heart was full of caring, compassion and God. She was a member and very active in the Elim Church as Sunday School teacher, Ladies Aide, Cleaner and Sextant for many years. She was a Girl Scout Leader in the Clearbrook area, a foster parent and Godmother to many. Lillian loved sewing, making picture books for family and friends, baking for the bachelors in the area, making donuts, working jigsaw and word search puzzles. She was always helping people that needed a extra hand with anything. She will be missed greatly by family and all friends.
Lillian is survived by her siblings: Shirley, Charlotte and Keith (Glow); brother-in-law, Johnnie; children: Becky, Rachel, Russell and Ross; grandchildren: Kayla (Joe), Levi, Ethan, Hannah, Elijah, Elizabeth (Andrew), Brian JR , Alexander, and Catherine; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; parents-in-law; husbands; infant son; siblings: Florence, Sarah and Jim; niecem Tammy; sisters-in-law: Faye and Lois; and brothers-in-law: Leonard, Ike, Kenneth, Erling, Gene and Kenny.
She earned her diploma from Gonvick Public School in 1963. She married Malcolm Anderson on Jan 24, 1964. They lived on Malcolm's farm at Clearbrook, MN. They owned and operated a café in Clearbrook, for a short time, where she gained her cooking and baking skills. When Malcolm's health declined they moved west of Clearbrook, where Malcolm did mechanic work and Lillian started as a nurse's aide at the Good Samaritan Center. She worked there for 20+ yrs.
On April 4, 2001 she married Harlan Riggs. They lived together at Clearbrook till July 2, 2001 when she suffered a brain aneurysm and then moved to an Assisted Living in Bemidji, Bagley and then settled in Warroad. Lillian was a loving and gracious wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her heart was full of caring, compassion and God. She was a member and very active in the Elim Church as Sunday School teacher, Ladies Aide, Cleaner and Sextant for many years. She was a Girl Scout Leader in the Clearbrook area, a foster parent and Godmother to many. Lillian loved sewing, making picture books for family and friends, baking for the bachelors in the area, making donuts, working jigsaw and word search puzzles. She was always helping people that needed a extra hand with anything. She will be missed greatly by family and all friends.
Lillian is survived by her siblings: Shirley, Charlotte and Keith (Glow); brother-in-law, Johnnie; children: Becky, Rachel, Russell and Ross; grandchildren: Kayla (Joe), Levi, Ethan, Hannah, Elijah, Elizabeth (Andrew), Brian JR , Alexander, and Catherine; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; parents-in-law; husbands; infant son; siblings: Florence, Sarah and Jim; niecem Tammy; sisters-in-law: Faye and Lois; and brothers-in-law: Leonard, Ike, Kenneth, Erling, Gene and Kenny.
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