Anderson, Mary 1870 - 1968

ANDERSON, ERICKSON

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/1/2012 at 18:16:57

Mrs. Wilhelm C Anderson, 97, of Akron, mother of Mrs. Ruth Sawyer of Hawarden, passed away March 30, 1968, after a long illness. Services were held Monday at the First Baptist Church in Akron with burial in Riverside Cemetery under the direction of Schroeder Funeral Home.

Mrs. Anderson was born Mary Erickson, June 28, 1870, in Vesterjorland, Sweden. She came to Akron IA in 1889 and has lived there ever since. Her husband, whom she married June 3, 1895, died in 1945. She was a gold star mother and a member of the First Baptist Church in Akron.

Survivors include three sons, Claude, Holland and Carl Anderson, all of Akron IA; two daughters, Mrs. E.W. Stevens of Sioux City IA, and Mrs. Arta Akers of Chicago IL; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

The Hawarden Independent, Hawarden IA 4/4/1968