ALICE J. ANDERSON, 76, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Monday evening, October 28, 2019 at her residence. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 2nd, at 10:30 a.m. at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church at rural Meriden, Iowa. Rev. Jonathan Caldwell will officiate. Burial will be in the Liberty Township Cemetery at rural Meriden, Iowa.
Alice was born on March 20, 1943 at Cherokee, Iowa to Ed and Betty (Dunn) Bjorge. She graduated from Larrabee High School in 1961. She attended Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. Alice was married to Neal D. Anderson on July 2, 1977 at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, rural Meriden, Iowa. She had taught in the Spencer School System about 12 years. She took a break from teaching for a while to stay at home and raise her daughter Heidi. She went back to teaching in 1994 in the Cherokee School System until her retirement in 2009. She had been a resident of Cherokee the past 8 years and prior to this lived on a farm west of Larrabee, Iowa for many years.
Alice was an active member of the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, serving on many of the church boards and had been a Deaconess, Sunday School Teacher, and she enjoyed volunteering her time around the church to decorate for many of the church events and see that there were always fresh flowers there on Sunday mornings. She was a member of the Garden Club, Birthday Club, Christian Women’s Club, and Alpha Delta Kappa Teacher’s Sorority.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Neal on March 25, 2004, brother-in-law Jim Anderson, and sister-in-law Eleanor Costa.
She is survived by one daughter: Heidi (Scott) Snyder of Iowa City, Iowa; four grandchildren: [redacted]; one brother and two sisters: Dr. Tom (Ina Marie) Bjorge of LeMars, Iowa; Dian (Dr. Curtis) Fredrickson of Spirit Lake, Iowa; Lynn (Craig) Ivarson of Cherokee, Iowa; sister-in-law Mary Ann Anderson of Cherokee, Iowa; also several nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.
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Alice was born on March 20, 1943 at Cherokee, Iowa to Ed and Betty (Dunn) Bjorge. She graduated from Larrabee High School in 1961. She attended Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. Alice was married to Neal D. Anderson on July 2, 1977 at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, rural Meriden, Iowa. She had taught in the Spencer School System about 12 years. She took a break from teaching for a while to stay at home and raise her daughter Heidi. She went back to teaching in 1994 in the Cherokee School System until her retirement in 2009. She had been a resident of Cherokee the past 8 years and prior to this lived on a farm west of Larrabee, Iowa for many years.
Alice was an active member of the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, serving on many of the church boards and had been a Deaconess, Sunday School Teacher, and she enjoyed volunteering her time around the church to decorate for many of the church events and see that there were always fresh flowers there on Sunday mornings. She was a member of the Garden Club, Birthday Club, Christian Women’s Club, and Alpha Delta Kappa Teacher’s Sorority.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Neal on March 25, 2004, brother-in-law Jim Anderson, and sister-in-law Eleanor Costa.
She is survived by one daughter: Heidi (Scott) Snyder of Iowa City, Iowa; four grandchildren: [redacted]; one brother and two sisters: Dr. Tom (Ina Marie) Bjorge of LeMars, Iowa; Dian (Dr. Curtis) Fredrickson of Spirit Lake, Iowa; Lynn (Craig) Ivarson of Cherokee, Iowa; sister-in-law Mary Ann Anderson of Cherokee, Iowa; also several nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.
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ALICE J. ANDERSON, 76, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Monday evening, October 28, 2019 at her residence. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 2nd, at 10:30 a.m. at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church at rural Meriden, Iowa. Rev. Jonathan Caldwell will officiate. Burial will be in the Liberty Township Cemetery at rural Meriden, Iowa.
Alice was born on March 20, 1943 at Cherokee, Iowa to Ed and Betty (Dunn) Bjorge. She graduated from Larrabee High School in 1961. She attended Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. Alice was married to Neal D. Anderson on July 2, 1977 at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, rural Meriden, Iowa. She had taught in the Spencer School System about 12 years. She took a break from teaching for a while to stay at home and raise her daughter Heidi. She went back to teaching in 1994 in the Cherokee School System until her retirement in 2009. She had been a resident of Cherokee the past 8 years and prior to this lived on a farm west of Larrabee, Iowa for many years.
Alice was an active member of the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, serving on many of the church boards and had been a Deaconess, Sunday School Teacher, and she enjoyed volunteering her time around the church to decorate for many of the church events and see that there were always fresh flowers there on Sunday mornings. She was a member of the Garden Club, Birthday Club, Christian Women’s Club, and Alpha Delta Kappa Teacher’s Sorority.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Neal on March 25, 2004, brother-in-law Jim Anderson, and sister-in-law Eleanor Costa.
She is survived by one daughter: Heidi (Scott) Snyder of Iowa City, Iowa; four grandchildren: [redacted]; one brother and two sisters: Dr. Tom (Ina Marie) Bjorge of LeMars, Iowa; Dian (Dr. Curtis) Fredrickson of Spirit Lake, Iowa; Lynn (Craig) Ivarson of Cherokee, Iowa; sister-in-law Mary Ann Anderson of Cherokee, Iowa; also several nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.
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Alice was born on March 20, 1943 at Cherokee, Iowa to Ed and Betty (Dunn) Bjorge. She graduated from Larrabee High School in 1961. She attended Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education. Alice was married to Neal D. Anderson on July 2, 1977 at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, rural Meriden, Iowa. She had taught in the Spencer School System about 12 years. She took a break from teaching for a while to stay at home and raise her daughter Heidi. She went back to teaching in 1994 in the Cherokee School System until her retirement in 2009. She had been a resident of Cherokee the past 8 years and prior to this lived on a farm west of Larrabee, Iowa for many years.
Alice was an active member of the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, serving on many of the church boards and had been a Deaconess, Sunday School Teacher, and she enjoyed volunteering her time around the church to decorate for many of the church events and see that there were always fresh flowers there on Sunday mornings. She was a member of the Garden Club, Birthday Club, Christian Women’s Club, and Alpha Delta Kappa Teacher’s Sorority.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Neal on March 25, 2004, brother-in-law Jim Anderson, and sister-in-law Eleanor Costa.
She is survived by one daughter: Heidi (Scott) Snyder of Iowa City, Iowa; four grandchildren: [redacted]; one brother and two sisters: Dr. Tom (Ina Marie) Bjorge of LeMars, Iowa; Dian (Dr. Curtis) Fredrickson of Spirit Lake, Iowa; Lynn (Craig) Ivarson of Cherokee, Iowa; sister-in-law Mary Ann Anderson of Cherokee, Iowa; also several nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.
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