Vera S. (Sopher) Anderson was born January 10, 1906 at Oskaloosa, Iowa. She was one of four children born to Robert W. and Clara Jane (Summers) Sopher. Vera grew up in Iowa and received her education there. She was a graduate of Oskaloosa High School and William Penn College. In the few years that followed she taught in rural schools near Oskaloosa. In the mid-1920s Vera came to Montana to teach school. She met a Joplin area man Clifford P. Anderson. They were married in Hingham on June 1, 1928. During their early married years Vera taught school in various Montana communities, including Chinook, St. Regis, Brady, Chester, and Joplin. They made their home in Joplin during most of their married life, where Clifford farmed and was a partner in the Joplin Meat Market. They retired in 1975. Clifford died on November 2, 1983. Vera remained in Montana for several years, then moved back to Oskaloosa to help care for her ailing sister. She has been in Iowa since that time.
This past summer Vera's health began to fail and she moved to the Siesta Park Estates Nursing Home in Oskaloosa. She passed away at the rest home on the evening of Saturday November 21, 1998. She was 92 years old.
Vera held memberships in the Montana and Iowa Retired Teachers Associations, the Oskaloosa Women's Club, and the Mahaska County (Iowa) Historical Society. During her life in Joplin she was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church.
Vera and Clifford never had children. Her only survivors are a nephew and his wife, LeRoy and Effie Sopher of Oskaloosa, and a niece Elaine Sopher Campbell of Des Moines, Iowa. Also surviving are her Anderson in-laws from Montana including Neil and Laura Beatty of Great Falls, Hazel Anderson of Joplin, Sanford Anderson of Joplin, Beulah Anderson of Edgewood, New Mexico, and Robert Anderson of Augusta. Vera was preceded in death by her parents and husband, by two brothers Earl and Max Sopher, and by her sister Floy Sheesley.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday November 24, 1998 at the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa with Rev. Ralph Lohman officiating. Graveside services will be at Joplin, Montana, cemetery.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 25 Nov 1998
This past summer Vera's health began to fail and she moved to the Siesta Park Estates Nursing Home in Oskaloosa. She passed away at the rest home on the evening of Saturday November 21, 1998. She was 92 years old.
Vera held memberships in the Montana and Iowa Retired Teachers Associations, the Oskaloosa Women's Club, and the Mahaska County (Iowa) Historical Society. During her life in Joplin she was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church.
Vera and Clifford never had children. Her only survivors are a nephew and his wife, LeRoy and Effie Sopher of Oskaloosa, and a niece Elaine Sopher Campbell of Des Moines, Iowa. Also surviving are her Anderson in-laws from Montana including Neil and Laura Beatty of Great Falls, Hazel Anderson of Joplin, Sanford Anderson of Joplin, Beulah Anderson of Edgewood, New Mexico, and Robert Anderson of Augusta. Vera was preceded in death by her parents and husband, by two brothers Earl and Max Sopher, and by her sister Floy Sheesley.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday November 24, 1998 at the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa with Rev. Ralph Lohman officiating. Graveside services will be at Joplin, Montana, cemetery.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 25 Nov 1998
Vera S. (Sopher) Anderson was born January 10, 1906 at Oskaloosa, Iowa. She was one of four children born to Robert W. and Clara Jane (Summers) Sopher. Vera grew up in Iowa and received her education there. She was a graduate of Oskaloosa High School and William Penn College. In the few years that followed she taught in rural schools near Oskaloosa. In the mid-1920s Vera came to Montana to teach school. She met a Joplin area man Clifford P. Anderson. They were married in Hingham on June 1, 1928. During their early married years Vera taught school in various Montana communities, including Chinook, St. Regis, Brady, Chester, and Joplin. They made their home in Joplin during most of their married life, where Clifford farmed and was a partner in the Joplin Meat Market. They retired in 1975. Clifford died on November 2, 1983. Vera remained in Montana for several years, then moved back to Oskaloosa to help care for her ailing sister. She has been in Iowa since that time.
This past summer Vera's health began to fail and she moved to the Siesta Park Estates Nursing Home in Oskaloosa. She passed away at the rest home on the evening of Saturday November 21, 1998. She was 92 years old.
Vera held memberships in the Montana and Iowa Retired Teachers Associations, the Oskaloosa Women's Club, and the Mahaska County (Iowa) Historical Society. During her life in Joplin she was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church.
Vera and Clifford never had children. Her only survivors are a nephew and his wife, LeRoy and Effie Sopher of Oskaloosa, and a niece Elaine Sopher Campbell of Des Moines, Iowa. Also surviving are her Anderson in-laws from Montana including Neil and Laura Beatty of Great Falls, Hazel Anderson of Joplin, Sanford Anderson of Joplin, Beulah Anderson of Edgewood, New Mexico, and Robert Anderson of Augusta. Vera was preceded in death by her parents and husband, by two brothers Earl and Max Sopher, and by her sister Floy Sheesley.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday November 24, 1998 at the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa with Rev. Ralph Lohman officiating. Graveside services will be at Joplin, Montana, cemetery.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 25 Nov 1998
This past summer Vera's health began to fail and she moved to the Siesta Park Estates Nursing Home in Oskaloosa. She passed away at the rest home on the evening of Saturday November 21, 1998. She was 92 years old.
Vera held memberships in the Montana and Iowa Retired Teachers Associations, the Oskaloosa Women's Club, and the Mahaska County (Iowa) Historical Society. During her life in Joplin she was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church.
Vera and Clifford never had children. Her only survivors are a nephew and his wife, LeRoy and Effie Sopher of Oskaloosa, and a niece Elaine Sopher Campbell of Des Moines, Iowa. Also surviving are her Anderson in-laws from Montana including Neil and Laura Beatty of Great Falls, Hazel Anderson of Joplin, Sanford Anderson of Joplin, Beulah Anderson of Edgewood, New Mexico, and Robert Anderson of Augusta. Vera was preceded in death by her parents and husband, by two brothers Earl and Max Sopher, and by her sister Floy Sheesley.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday November 24, 1998 at the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa with Rev. Ralph Lohman officiating. Graveside services will be at Joplin, Montana, cemetery.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 25 Nov 1998
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