Miriam Hazel "Hazel" Montgomery Anderson 1887-1978

ANDERSON, MONTGOMERY, LYMAN

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 4/21/2012 at 23:44:23

Miriam Anderson
1887-1978
Spirit Lake – Services for Mariam Hazel Anderson, 91, Spirit Lake, were held Tuesday at the Donovan-Leyson Funeral Home, Spirit Lake, with interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville.

Mrs. Anderson died Sept. 23 at the Dickinson County Memorial Hospital.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Montgomery, she was born July 31, 1887, at Green and later moved with her family to Estherville.

She was married to George Anderson on Oct.26, 1910, at Estherville and the Andersons moved to Montgomery, where Mr. Montgomery [Anderson] operated an elevator and she was a postmistress for many years.

Mrs. Anderson moved to the Hilltop Nursing Home in Spirit Lake in 1972, following her husband’s death.

She is survived by one son, Burt Anderson, McAllen, Texas; one granddaughter; a nephew, John Lyman, Estherville; and one brother-in-law, George Lyman, Estherville. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, September 28, 1978)