Patricia Anderson (1928-2005)
ANDERSON, SHIPTON, WESTERBERG, WHERRY
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 11/23/2005 at 09:41:03
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, November 22, 2005.
Patricia May Shipton Anderson, 77, of Grinnell and formerly of Ames, died Sunday, Nov. 20, at Friendship Manor in Grinnell. A graveside service and burial will be at 1 p.m. today at Graceland Cemetery in Mitchell, S.D., with the Rev. Hank Kor, pastor of First United Methodist Church in Mitchell, officiating. There will be no visitation. Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Red Cross. Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell and Will Funeral Chapel in Mitchell is in charge of arrangements.
Pat was born May 21, 1928, in Mitchell, S.D., to George W. and Cora Westerberg Shipton. She attended Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell where she met her husband, Clark W. Anderson. They were married July 19, 1948, in Thermopolis, Wyo. They had three children, Lynn Dee, Troy Michael and Cassandra Jane. They suffered the great loss of their two older children to cystic fibrosis in 1960 and 1961. After living in South Dakota and New Mexico, they finally settled in Ames in the early 1960s. While in Ames, she was a homemaker and was a volunteer for numerous organizations, including MICA, the PTA and American Red Cross. Her work with the Red Cross spanned from the 1960s through the 1990s, including serving on the South Dakota and Iowa board of directors. She also was a 50-year member of the Order of Eastern Star. She was employed in the toy department at Nims Sportsman's Store in Ames and later as a pharmacy technician at the Ames Wal-Mart store. She retired and moved to Grinnell in 1994 to be close to her family.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Cassie and Mike Wherry of Grinnell; one grandson, Mitchell Wheery of Grinnell; and one cousin, Roger Westerberg of Faith, S.D.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two children, Lynn Dee and Troy Michael Anderson.
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