Kathryn Anderson 1905 - 2002

ANDERSON, WIDMER, WENGER, SUTER, HUFF, HALL, GIPPLE

Posted By: A.M.W. (email)
Date: 5/14/2006 at 20:07:45

Kathryn Suter Anderson, 97, of Wayland, formerly of the Crawfordsville area, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, at Parkview Home in Wayland.

Born Feb. 18, 1905, in Wayland, she was the daughter of Joe T. and Josephine Widmer Wenger. She married Otto Suter on Feb. 18, 1925. He died May 1, 1958. She later married Glenn Anderson on Aug. 17, 1966. He died Sept. 27, 1985.

Mrs. Anderson helped start the lunch programs at Crawfordsville and Wyman schools and owned and operated Suter's Café is Winfield. She also worked at several food services in Iowa City and helped her first husband farm in Washington County. She moved to Mountain Home, Ark., in 1966, with her second husband, and returned to Wayland in 1980.

She was a member of United Methodist New Life Parish Church in Wayland.

Survivors include one son, Harry Dean Suter of Winfield; one daughter, Joyce Huff of Crawfordsville; one stepson, John Anderson of South Dakota; two stepdaughters, Mary Hall of Iowa City and Margaret Gipple of New Jersey; one brother, Gilbert Wenger of Salina, Kan.; eight grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, one grandson, four brothers and three sisters.

Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.

The funeral for Mrs. Anderson will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Wayland United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Kenneth Hartman officiating. Burial will be in Crawfordsville Cemetery.

Memorials have been established for her church and Parkview Home.