Alice Anderson 1904-1974

ANDERSON, LLOYD, LONGDON, ROBERTS, MURRAY, ARMBRUSTER, EARLY, GIBSON

Posted By: Debbie Truitt (email)
Date: 1/25/2016 at 08:50:47

Obituary From “Ottumwa Courier,” December 23, 1974:

Alice Anderson, 70, of 1403 Asbury died Saturday at 2:15 a.m. at St. Joseph Hospital. She had been ill several months.

She was born Nov. 4, 1904, in Higbee, Mo., to Thomas and Lida Lloyd Longdon. She was a resident of Ottumwa most of her life.

Surviving are one daughter, Lucille Roberts of Higbee, Mo.; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two half-sisters, Tina Murray of Leavenworth, Kan., and Etta Armbruster of Ottumwa; two sisters, Vera Early of Mexico, Mo., and Reca May Gibson of Denver, Colo.; and two brothers, Cecil and Ervin Longdon, both of Clear Lake. She was preceded in death by two half-brothers.

The service will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Jay Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Cowell Jr. of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Shaul Cemetery.