- GRAND ISLAND INDEPENDENT - APRIL 25 2012
Agnes Anderson
Agnes Veburg Anderson, 93, of Bettendorf, Iowa, formerly of Hordville, passed away Friday, April 20, 2012, at the Davenport Lutheran Home.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 28 at Fridhem Lutheran Church in Hordville, with Sister Mary Arie officiating. Interment will be in the Hordville Cemetery. Solt Funeral Home of Central City is in charge of the local arranements. Memorials may be made to the Fridhem Lutheran Church in Hordville. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.soltfh.com.
Agnes was born in 1918, in Hordville to John and Emily Veburg. She was united in marriage to Milton Anderson on Dec. 8, 1942. He preceded her in death on May 22, 1994. Agnes graduated from Hordville High School and attended Luther Junior Collee in Wahoo and the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. She received her BA from Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., and later her MA from the University of Iowa. She taught in a one room school house in Hamilton County, and then in Wahoo. After the couple moved to Iowa, Agnes taught in the Walcott Elementary School and then in the Davenport Public Schools at Madison School, where she taught 5th grade and was the school reading specialist, retiring in June of 1983.
Agnes was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Davenport. She was also a member of Pi Lambda Theta and Delta Kappa Gamma Honor Societies, the Davenport Retired Teachers' Association, American Association of University Women, and Women of the E..C.A. She enjoyed traveling, sewing, reading, volunteering, music and spending time with her grandchildren and many friends.
She is survived by a daughter, Karin (Richard Sweet) Anderson-Sweet of Princeton, Iowa; a son, M. Kent (Judy Nelson) Anderson of Bethesda, Md.; grandchildren, Andrew Pells, Britta (Kyle Johnson) Pells, and Jessica (Ben) Lumbard; a great-grandso, Logan Lester Lumbard; a brother, Ron (Darlene) Veburg of Hastings; and a sister-in-law, Delores Veburg of Hordville.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Richard and John Conrad Veburg; and a sister, Marie Clayton.
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