OBITUARY: Blanche M. Anderson Munson, Worth County, Iowa [ The Northwood Anchor -- January 08, 2002 -- www.northwoodanhcor.com ] Services held for Munson Blanche M. Munson, 91, Northwood, IA died Sunday Dec. 30, 2001 at the Lutheran Retirement Home, Northwood. Services were Wednesday at the First Lutheran Church, Northwood, with Rev. Allan Stoa officiating. Interment was in Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood. Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, was in charge of arrangements. Blanche was born Jan. 2, 1910 in Hayward, MN, the daughter of Andrew and Alma (Gulbranson) Anderson. She attended school in Hayward and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1928. Blanche married Herman Munson Dec. 1, 1935 in Albert Lea, MN. They moved to Northwood in 1954. She is well known for her seamstress work and she helped her husband in his business. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Northwood. Blanche is survived by three children, Barbara Nieman, Clear Lake, IA, Paul Munson and his wife Louise, Rosemont, MN, and Maevis Holt, Sulphur Springs, TX; three step children: Wallace Munson and his wife Florence, Owatonna, MN, Mildred Jensen, La Crosse, WI, and LaVada Johnson, Osage, IA; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, seven brothers and sisters, one step-daughter Charlotte Otteson. Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. (Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.) **************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************