Ida Fern Anderson

She was born in Walnut Grove, Minnesota on December 8, 1920.

She is survived by her daughter, Roberta (Dan) Betts, granddaughters, RaeAnne Gainey Tolonen (Jeff), Amanda Heidema (Fritz), Kristen Marshall (Nathan), great-grandchildren Bryce & Leah Alfred, Gabriel Heidema, Abram & Asher Marshall.

She was predeceased by her husband, Leslie C. Anderson; daughter, JoAnne Gainey, grandson, Erik Gainey, parents, Albert John Root; mother, Lottie Alice Shew; brothers, Bert John Root, Charles Root, Glen Root, Reva Kraft, Faye Lindemann, and Hazel Northberg.

Ida attended Teacher College for one year, and began her teaching career in a one room schoolhouse. She had many stories of breaking the ice in the winter to start the pump & getting a fire lit in the pot bellied stove.

She met her husband Leslie and they were married in 1941 and began their life in Crosby, Minnesota with their oldest daughter born in 1942. A new job took them to Ishpeming, Michigan in 1948 and their second daughter was born in 1949. They joined Bethany Lutheran church in Ishpeming, where she was active as a Sunday School teacher for many years.

She taught at Imperial Heights in Michigamme and was a librarian at Carnegie Public Library in Ishpeming. She was active with the quilters at church in her later life and moved to Jackson in 2013. She joined St. James Lutheran Church in which she enjoyed making cookies for Sunday coffee hours. Her hobbies were embroidery, reading, crossword puzzles, sewing and of course, making cookies for her neighbors and friends.

Once in a while she would treat someone with a homemade pastie for those not knowing just what they were.

She was cremated, according to her wishes a memorial service will be held at a later date at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Jackson, Michigan.

Memorias may be made to Bethany Lutheran Church in Ishpeming, Michigan & Immanuel Lutheran Church in Jackson, Michigan.