Ava M. (Thompson) ANDERSON

ANDERSON, THOMPSON, THOMSON, WALDRON, HAWBAKER, MINOR, SPIDEL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/5/2010 at 15:43:30

News Tribune --La Salle, Illinois
March 16, 2010

September 10, 1905 --- March 15, 2010

Ava M. Anderson, 104, of Stonecroft Manor, Mendota died March 15, 2010, in Mendota Lutheran Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Waltham Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Howard Clark Smith officiating. Burial will be at Waltham Cemetery. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Thursday in Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota.

She was born Sept. 10, 1905, in Corwith, Iowa, to John and Mary Ellen (Waldron) Thompson. She married Charles Anderson on July 25, 1934. She was a member of Waltham Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Anderson attended La Salle-Peru Township High School and Normal University. She taught at a one-room country school in Waltham Township. She operated a grocery store in Triumph for several years and worked in the admitting office at Mendota Community Hospital for six years before retiring.

She is survived by two sons, Roger (Kathy) Anderson of Paw Paw and Arthur (Corinne) Anderson of Plano; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and four stepgreat-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1978; three brothers and one sister. Memorials may be directed to the donor's choice.

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March 16, 2010
Mendota Reporter - Mendota, Illinois

Ava M. Anderson, 104, of Stonecroft Manor, Mendota died March 15, 2010 at the Mendota Lutheran Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 19 at the Waltham Presbyterian Church with Rev. Howard Clark Smith officiating. Burial will be at Waltham Cemetery. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 18 at the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota.

Mrs. Anderson was born Sept. 10, 1905 in Corwith, Iowa to John and Mary Ellen (Waldron) Thomson. She married Charles Anderson on July 25, 1934. He preceded her in death in 1978.

Survivors include two sons, Roger (Kathy) Anderson of Paw Paw and Arthur (Corinne) Anderson of Plano; four grandchildren, Eric Anderson, Timothy Anderson, Heath Anderson and Marsha Spidel; seven great-grandchildren, Courtney, Nathaniel, Logan, Valerie, Rebecca, Samuel and Bethany; three step grandchildren, Kevin Hawbaker, Karl Hawbaker and Randy Minor; and four step great-grandchildren, Allison, John, Kendall and Mackenna. She was preceded in death by her husband, three brothers and one sister.

Mrs. Anderson attended La Salle-Peru Township High School and Normal University. She taught at a one-room country school in Waltham Township. She operated a grocery store in Triumph for several years and worked in the admitting office at Mendota Community Hospital for six years before retiring. She was a member of Triumph Methodist Church. Memorials may be directed to the donors choice.