ANDERSON, Mary R. 1902-1971

ANDERSON

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 12/26/2013 at 15:30:11

Mary Rosetta (Kay) Anderson

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MRS. GLENN ANDERSON

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA -- Services for Mrs. Glenn Anderson, 69, a former resident who died Wednesday at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in Mason City, will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Schroeder and Houg Funeral Home in St. Ansgar. Burial will be in the St. Ansgar city Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband, Glenn of Clinton; one daughter, Mrs. Harold Churchill of Priest River, Idaho; six grandchidlren and two great-grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Mary Kay of Mason City; six brothers, William Kay of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Victor of Vallejo, Calif., Orie of Seattle, Wash., Delbert of San Pablo, Calif., Wilfred of Concord, Calif., and Kermit of Mason City; and two sisters, Mrs. Stella Williams of Staples, Minn., and Mrs. Marion Carberry of Aredale.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Thu., Sept. 9, 1971 ]

Note: The newspaper erroneously spelled Glenn with one "N".
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Mrs. Glenn Anderson, 69, of Clinton, and a former St. Ansgar resident, died Wednesday at a hospital in Mason City. Funeral services were held at Schroeder and Houg Funeral Home in St. Ansgar. Rev. D. Callen of the United Methodist church was in charge, and burial was in the city cemetery.

Mary Rosetta Kay was born on August 31, 1902, on her grandparent's farm in Worth county, Iowa, the daughter of James Lucious and Mary May House Kay. She spent most of her childhood on a farm northwest of Meltonville and in Otranto. She was active in the local church, Sunday School, youth group and church choir.

On June 25, 1924, she was united in marriage to Glenn Marion Anderson in the First Methodist church of Plymouth. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Clinton Chapter 65, the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Magi Shrine 26, Ladies Auxiliary, Keystone Chapter 32, R.A.M., Holy Cross Commandary 10 K.T., The First Methodist church and W.S.C.S. of Clinton, and the Rebecca Lodge.

Preceding her in death were her parents and one brother.

She is survived by her husband, Glenn of Clinton, a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Delores) Churchill of Priest River, Idaho; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Mary Kay of Mason City; two sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Stella) Williams, Staples, Minnesota, and Mrs. Marion (Margaret) Carberry of Aredale; six brothers: Orrie of Seattle, Wash., Delbert, Victor and Wilfred of California, William of Minneapolis and Kermit of Mason City.

Source: Mitchell County Press-News, circa Sept. 16, 1971