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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
Obituary
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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