She and Hal resided in the San Gabriel, California, area as they worked various jobs to finish Hal’s undergraduate degree and welcomed their first three children to their union. Jill’s mother-in-law, Laura F. Anderson, was a great help to them during this time. In 1960, Hal was accepted to George Washington University Medical School in Washington D.C., where they spent four difficult but growing years and welcomed their fourth child.
Next came Hal’s internship in Aurora, Colorado, at the U.S. Army Fitzsimmons General Hospital, and the birth of their fifth and final child. Then, three years in the San Francisco area to complete his residency in internal medicine at Letterman General Army hospital and onto an overseas assignment in Okinawa, Japan, during the Vietnam War left the primary responsibility for the care of the children to Jill.
During their overseas service, Jill organized a group of officer’s wives to entertain the wounded soldiers at the Camp Kue 500 bed hospital. After three and a half years overseas, they returned to the states to settle in Roseburg, Oregon, in 1971. After raising her five children, Jill realized her lifelong goal of becoming a teacher by earning her Bachelors Degree in English from the University of Oregon in 1987, where she graduated cumma sum laude. She was a dedicated teacher and taught throughout the Roseburg and surrounding school systems, until her diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in 2015.
Jill’s passions were family, learning, teaching, poetry, swimming in her pool, sailing, gardening and ranching. In recent years, Jill enjoyed serving with her husband as dedicated workers in the Medford Oregon Temple.
She is survived by her husband, Harold F. Anderson; children Scott Anderson (Susan), Susan Tobiessen (Eric), Curtis Anderson (Coral) and Jeanette Facer (David); as well as ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved daughter Cynthia Lee Olson; and infant son Bryan Harold Anderson.
Services will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) Chapel in Winston, Oregon, located at 340 NW Glenhart. Public welcome to pay your respects at 11 a.m. with services to begin at noon on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. In lieu of flowers please send online or check donations to: Community Cancer Center Foundation, 2880 NW Stewart Parkway, Suite 100 Roseburg, OR 97470 541-673-2267. www.cccroseburg.org Arrangements in the care of Umpqua Valley Funeral Directors (541) 537-9300
She and Hal resided in the San Gabriel, California, area as they worked various jobs to finish Hal’s undergraduate degree and welcomed their first three children to their union. Jill’s mother-in-law, Laura F. Anderson, was a great help to them during this time. In 1960, Hal was accepted to George Washington University Medical School in Washington D.C., where they spent four difficult but growing years and welcomed their fourth child.
Next came Hal’s internship in Aurora, Colorado, at the U.S. Army Fitzsimmons General Hospital, and the birth of their fifth and final child. Then, three years in the San Francisco area to complete his residency in internal medicine at Letterman General Army hospital and onto an overseas assignment in Okinawa, Japan, during the Vietnam War left the primary responsibility for the care of the children to Jill.
During their overseas service, Jill organized a group of officer’s wives to entertain the wounded soldiers at the Camp Kue 500 bed hospital. After three and a half years overseas, they returned to the states to settle in Roseburg, Oregon, in 1971. After raising her five children, Jill realized her lifelong goal of becoming a teacher by earning her Bachelors Degree in English from the University of Oregon in 1987, where she graduated cumma sum laude. She was a dedicated teacher and taught throughout the Roseburg and surrounding school systems, until her diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in 2015.
Jill’s passions were family, learning, teaching, poetry, swimming in her pool, sailing, gardening and ranching. In recent years, Jill enjoyed serving with her husband as dedicated workers in the Medford Oregon Temple.
She is survived by her husband, Harold F. Anderson; children Scott Anderson (Susan), Susan Tobiessen (Eric), Curtis Anderson (Coral) and Jeanette Facer (David); as well as ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved daughter Cynthia Lee Olson; and infant son Bryan Harold Anderson.
Services will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) Chapel in Winston, Oregon, located at 340 NW Glenhart. Public welcome to pay your respects at 11 a.m. with services to begin at noon on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. In lieu of flowers please send online or check donations to: Community Cancer Center Foundation, 2880 NW Stewart Parkway, Suite 100 Roseburg, OR 97470 541-673-2267. www.cccroseburg.org Arrangements in the care of Umpqua Valley Funeral Directors (541) 537-9300
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