Carrie (Vaughn) Anderson Lucas Anderson (1879-1950)

ANDERSON, LUCAS, PROUTY, VAUGHN

Posted By: Eileen Reed (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:52

August 25, 1879 --- September 23, 1950

Mrs. Carrie V. A. Lucas Anderson, 70, once a resident of Mason City, died at her home in Holmes, Wright county, at 1:25 o'clock Saturday morning, according to word received here.

Funeral services, it has been announced, will be held at Holmes Tuesday afternoon. Complete arrangements had not been made, it was explained.

Mrs. Anderson once served as recorder of Wright county. For a time during her residence in Mason City, she was on the reportorial staff of the Globe-Gazette.

Carlyle Anderson, a son who now holds an important position in the steel industry at Welland, Ontario, was captain of the local high school football team 30 years ago. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa.

Through most of her life, Mrs. Anderson was engaged either full-time or part-time as a preacher. For a number of years she occupied the pulpit of the Congregational church in Olds, near Mt. Pleasant in southeastern Iowa. Later she had a church Pacoima, a suburb of Los Angeles.

During her time in Mason City and until her marriage in recent years, the deceased was widely known as Carrie V. A. Lucas. It was under this by-line that she wrote a series of news stories which resulted in a spectacular revival of the square dance at Mason City's armory back in the 20s.

Although born in Kansas City, Mrs. Anderson's life was mostly spent in Iowa, first in Wright county, then in Mason City and more latterly, after shorter periods of residence in Henry county, Ia., and southern California, back in Wright county.

Survivors include her husband, her sons, Carlyle of Canada, Max of Burbank, Cal., Don of Los Angeles, her daughters, Betty Prouty of Los Angeles and Lois of Santa Cruz, Cal., her stepsons William Anderson of Richmond, Cal., Earl Anderson of Goldfield and Curtis Anderson of Holmes, and 3 brothers, Frank Vaughn, Kansas City, Kans., George Vaughn, Elgin, and Louis Vaughn of Holmes.

Globe-Gazette --- Mason City, Iowa
25 September 1950

Obituary for Mrs. John Anderson

Carrie, daughter of Edward and Martha Vaughn, was born Aug. 25, 1879, at Topeka, Kans. The family moved to Eagle Grove where she spent her childhood and graduated from high school.

She taught school until her marriage to Fred Anderson in 1899. Four children blessed this home and after her husband’s death she enter politics being elected Wright county recorder.

In 1910 she married Will Lucas. One daughter was born to this union.

Mrs. Lucas crusaded for women’s suffrage and published Iowas’ only suffrage newspaper. She was also active in WCTU and chautauqua work. In 1927 she was ordained to the ministry at Olds and later was elected moderator of the N. E. Iowa association of the Presbyterian church. She received her final theological work at Grinnell college.

The Rev. Carrie Lucas had the honor of being the only woman minister to open both the senate and house in Des Moines.

She was married to John O. Anderson in 1948 and they made their home at Goldfield. She passed away Sept. 23, following a lingering illness. Funeral services were held at her home and at the Holmes Lutheran church, Sept. 26, and burial made in the Clarion cemetery. In attendance from Elgin were Mr. and Mrs. George Vaughn, the former a brother of Mrs. Anderson.

Surviving are her husband, ten children, four brothers and eleven grandchildren.

Elgin Echo --- Elgin, Iowa
5 October 1950