Irene (Beaver) ANDERSON

BEAVER, ANDERSON, NAUGHTON, HARRIS, INMAN, PRINE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/17/2008 at 21:48:28

Funeral services for Irene Anderson, 98, Fargo, North Dakota, formerly Lisbon, were held Monday, September 25, 2000 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisbon, with Rev. Normand Anderson and Rev. David Killeen officiating. Mrs. Anderson passed away Thursday, September 21, 2000 at Rosewood on Broadway, Fargo.

Irene Beaver was born March 17, 1902 in Dows, Iowa, the daughter of Jonas and Martha Beaver. She attended school in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and moved to Lisbon in 1914. On December 15, 1921 she married Duffy Krist Anderson in Lisbon. The couple farmed near Lisbon. Mrs. Anderson was a member of Naomi Circle, ELCW, VFW Auxiliary, Eagles Auxiliary, and had been a volunteer seamstress at the ND Veterans Home and a member of the Kitchen Band. Mr. Anderson passed away April 18, 1990.

She is survived by three sons, Dale (Dorothy), Lisbon, Donald (Elaine), Lisbon, and Bert (Fran), Pelican Rapids, Minn.; two daughters, Nina (Bud) Naughton, Stevinson, Calif., and Myrna K. Harris, Fargo; 22 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Duffy; her natural parents; her adoptive parents; a brother; Howard Inman; brothers Melvin Beaver, Ben Beaver, and William Beaver; a sister, Hazel Prine; and two grandsons.

Pallbearers were Brian Anderson, Dannie Anderson, Brad Harris, David Anderson, Randy Anderson, Darin Harris. Honorary pallbearers were all her grandchildren. Music was provided by organist Marj Vangsness, and soloist Jan Hansen. Interment was at Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon. Armstrong Funeral Home, Lisbon, was in charge of funeral arrangements.

Ransom County Gazette, North Dakota
October 2, 2000