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Mary Jane Gayle Anderson

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[February 13, 2015]  BLOOMINGTON-Mary Jane Gayle Anderson, passed away from her earthly home on February 5, 2015.

Visitation: Wednesday, February 11, prior to the funeral, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home

Service: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 11, at at the funeral home.

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln

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Mary Jane Gayle Anderson, passed away from her earthly home on February 5, 2015. She was born in the Deaconess hospital on March 10, 1922 to Ralph and Golden Irwin Gayle. The family resided on a farm near Beason, Illinois. She attended Harmony and Beason grade schools and graduated from Beason High School in the class of 1940. She enrolled in the nursing school at the Deaconess School of Nursing where she earned her registered nursing degree in 1943.

She is survived by Charles W. Anderson. They were married July 22, 1945. They have lived in Logan County and Lincoln most of their adult lives. Recently they moved to Westminister Village in Bloomington. She is survived by two daughters: Virginia Gayle Johnson, wife of Kenneth who reside in Sterling, and Susan Elizabeth Anderson, wife of Carl Bennett who reside in Bloomington. She has six grandchildren: Darren Johnson (Meredith), Kathryn Stroyan, Emily Bozek (Joseph), Peter Stroyan (Jennifer), Teri Johnson, and David Bennett. Mary Jane is survived by seven great grandchildren: Alikah Marshall, Aiden and Piper Stroyan, Alexander and Jackson Johnson, Travis Campbell, and William Bozek.

Mary Jane and Charlie traveled in their Avion trailer to all 48 states, Canada, and Nova Scotia. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lincoln for 50 plus years and loved to attend the services as well as the Circle meetings. She truly enjoyed helping in the office of the church as well as furnishing food for funeral dinners. Also, she was active in her community through social services organizations. She was a born nurse and loved helping people when they were ill.

Services for Mary Jane will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home with Rev. Michael Paulson officiating. Burial will follow at New Union Cemetery, Lincoln. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be given in her name to the Hannah Circle of First United Methodist Church.

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