Writer, community volunteer, devoted wife, and mother of five, died July 12, 2017.
Maria was born December 28, 1922 in Elkhart, Indiana to Swedish immigrants Adolph and Selma Swanson.
She studied journalism and was Public Relations Director for the Alaska-Pacific division of Pan American World Airways.
Maria was an award-winning feature writer/photographer for the Virginia Gazette. She served as Executive Director of the Williamsburg-James City County Bicentennial Committee, coordinating numerous events surrounding the 1976 celebrations, and also served as Public Relations Assistant for the Yorktown Bicentennial. She was a hostess-guide for Colonial Williamsburg and a conference consultant for the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg.
Maria is survived by five grown children, her husband Roger A. Anderson, thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Also similarly published in Virginia Gazette on July 16, 2017
Maria was born December 28, 1922 in Elkhart, Indiana to Swedish immigrants Adolph and Selma Swanson.
She studied journalism and was Public Relations Director for the Alaska-Pacific division of Pan American World Airways.
Maria was an award-winning feature writer/photographer for the Virginia Gazette. She served as Executive Director of the Williamsburg-James City County Bicentennial Committee, coordinating numerous events surrounding the 1976 celebrations, and also served as Public Relations Assistant for the Yorktown Bicentennial. She was a hostess-guide for Colonial Williamsburg and a conference consultant for the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg.
Maria is survived by five grown children, her husband Roger A. Anderson, thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Also similarly published in Virginia Gazette on July 16, 2017
Writer, community volunteer, devoted wife, and mother of five, died July 12, 2017.
Maria was born December 28, 1922 in Elkhart, Indiana to Swedish immigrants Adolph and Selma Swanson.
She studied journalism and was Public Relations Director for the Alaska-Pacific division of Pan American World Airways.
Maria was an award-winning feature writer/photographer for the Virginia Gazette. She served as Executive Director of the Williamsburg-James City County Bicentennial Committee, coordinating numerous events surrounding the 1976 celebrations, and also served as Public Relations Assistant for the Yorktown Bicentennial. She was a hostess-guide for Colonial Williamsburg and a conference consultant for the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg.
Maria is survived by five grown children, her husband Roger A. Anderson, thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Also similarly published in Virginia Gazette on July 16, 2017
Maria was born December 28, 1922 in Elkhart, Indiana to Swedish immigrants Adolph and Selma Swanson.
She studied journalism and was Public Relations Director for the Alaska-Pacific division of Pan American World Airways.
Maria was an award-winning feature writer/photographer for the Virginia Gazette. She served as Executive Director of the Williamsburg-James City County Bicentennial Committee, coordinating numerous events surrounding the 1976 celebrations, and also served as Public Relations Assistant for the Yorktown Bicentennial. She was a hostess-guide for Colonial Williamsburg and a conference consultant for the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg.
Maria is survived by five grown children, her husband Roger A. Anderson, thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Also similarly published in Virginia Gazette on July 16, 2017
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