IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Mavis
Anderson
February 8, 1928 – July 14, 2010
Obituary
Mavis L. Anderson, age 82, died Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at her home in White, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 19, 2010, at the United Methodist Church in White, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-8 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in White.
Mavis LuCielle (Steinback) Anderson was born February 8, 1928, on the family farm northeast of White, South Dakota, to Arthur Wesley and Ina LaNore (Higgins) Steinback. In the early 1930s the family moved with the Higgins family to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where they lived for two to three years. In 1934 they moved to the Higgins family homestead in Buena Vista County, Iowa. She attended Alta Independent Consolidated School at Alta, graduating in 1945. She attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake preparing for a teaching career. She and her grandfather George Higgins both graduated from Alta and Buena Vista College, 52 years apart, Grandpa in 1893. Mavis taught in three northwest Iowa schools.
On December 29, 1952, Mavis married Robert L. Anderson at Alta. Following his discharge from the Air Force in 1953, they made their home in the area known as Gilleys Grove for 21 years. In the 1960s she began teaching in Sherman District No. 104, for three years. When the new Deubrook school district was established she was part of the original staff. She taught in the Jr. High School until 1986, teaching English and History. She substitute taught until December 1999.
Mavis was a member of the White Community Club, George Dokken V.F.W. Post 2118 Auxiliary and the Higgins-Jessen American Legion Post No. 88 Auxiliary. (She was the niece of Harold Dale Higgins, for whom the Legion Post is named.) She was a member of S.D.E.A., Good Sam Camping Club, and Happy Kampers. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, gardening, cooking, canning and freezing, and playing cards with family and friends.
Survivors include her husband, Robert L. Anderson, of White; four sons: Jim (Sherry) Anderson of White, Lyle Anderson of White, Paul Anderson of White, and Robert (Dawn) Anderson of Brookings; a former daughter-in-law, LuAnn Feser, of White; six grandchildren: Travis Anderson, Lori (Adriel) Anderson Scott, Darrell Hochstein, Jordan Hochstein, Clayton Dahl, and Tessa Dahl; and four great-grandchildren.
Mavis LuCielle (Steinback) Anderson was born February 8, 1928, on the family farm northeast of White, South Dakota, to Arthur Wesley and Ina LaNore (Higgins) Steinback. In the early 1930s the family moved with the Higgins family to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation where they lived for two to three years. In 1934 they moved to the Higgins family homestead in Buena Vista County, Iowa. She attended Alta Independent Consolidated School at Alta, graduating in 1945. She attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake preparing for a teaching career. She and her grandfather George Higgins both graduated from Alta and Buena Vista College, 52 years apart, Grandpa in 1893. Mavis taught in three northwest Iowa schools.
On December 29, 1952, Mavis married Robert L. Anderson at Alta. Following his discharge from the Air Force in 1953, they made their home in the area known as Gilleys Grove for 21 years. In the 1960s she began teaching in Sherman District No. 104, for three years. When the new Deubrook school district was established she was part of the original staff. She taught in the Jr. High School until 1986, teaching English and History. She substitute taught until December 1999.
Mavis was a member of the White Community Club, George Dokken V.F.W. Post 2118 Auxiliary and the Higgins-Jessen American Legion Post No. 88 Auxiliary. (She was the niece of Harold Dale Higgins, for whom the Legion Post is named.) She was a member of S.D.E.A., Good Sam Camping Club, and Happy Kampers. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, gardening, cooking, canning and freezing, and playing cards with family and friends.
Survivors include her husband, Robert L. Anderson, of White; four sons: Jim (Sherry) Anderson of White, Lyle Anderson of White, Paul Anderson of White, and Robert (Dawn) Anderson of Brookings; a former daughter-in-law, LuAnn Feser, of White; six grandchildren: Travis Anderson, Lori (Adriel) Anderson Scott, Darrell Hochstein, Jordan Hochstein, Clayton Dahl, and Tessa Dahl; and four great-grandchildren.
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