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