OBITUARY: LaVonne E. (Willey) Anderson, 1919-2003, Worth Co., Iowa
[Adapted from Northwood Anchor online, posted Dec. 17, 2003 ]
LaVonne E. Anderson
LaVonne E. Anderson, 84, of Sacramento, California, died on Nov. 27, 2003.
Inurnment was held Dec. 5 at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Sacramento, California.
LaVonne E. Anderson, daughter of L. O. Thompson and Nettie E. (Thompson)
Willey, was born Sept. 29, 1919 in Northwood, Iowa. She graduated from
high school in Northwood in 1939 and later married Stanley E. Anderson.
During World War II she worked in Tacoma and Seattle, Washington.
Shortly before her husband's death on the battlefield in Belgium, she
moved to Los Angeles and resided with her sister, Genevieve. She retired
in 1970 from Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company after 24 years of
service, due to ill health.
In 1973 she and her sister, Genevieve, accompanied by their father and
brother, Newton, moved to Sacramento.
Survivors include her sister Ruth Opal Gordon, nieces Roxanna Davant and
Bonita Leary and nephews Randy and Bill Gordon of Bozeman, Montana.
Copyright 2003, K.L. Kittleson
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