Madelyn Anderson

Madelyn R. Anderson, 89, a resident of Heritage House in Atlantic and formally a longtime resident of Omaha, passed away Thursday, June 13, 2002, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital.The daughter of James and Rose Lillian Hassenger Ryle, Madelyn was born October 16, 1912, near Wagner, South Dakota. At approximately age 12 for family moved to Sioux City where she graduated from Sioux City Central in 1930. Madelyn worked at Swift & Co. in Sioux City as a Comptometer and telephone switchboard operator. She was United in marriage to Benjamin Millstead Andersen on may 24, 1941, and Ames, Iowa. Following marriage they lived in Sioux City for a couple of years before moving to St. Joseph, Missouri and they then lived in the Chicago an Omaha area's ever since. She moved to Atlantic in January of 2001. Madelyn was a member of the SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church.Surviving are two sons, Neil Anderson and his wife, Sharon of Columbus, Ohio and Brent Anderson and his wife, Lois, of Berthoud, Colorado; two daughters, the Dorleen Westering and her husband, Dennis, of Atlantic and Jeanine Zeman and her husband, Tom, of Boulder, Colorado; seven grandchildren, Todd and Devin Schollars, Laila, Lindsey, Jodie and Bennett Anderson, and Tyler Zeman; four great-grandchildren, Matthew, John, Nathan and Nicole Schollars; one sister, Dorothy Bliss of Minneapolis, Minnesota; two nieces, Marcia Anderson of Lake Elmo, Minnesota and Mary Anderson of San Pedro, California; and one brother-in-law, Earl Anderson of Amherst, Massachusetts.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Benjamin Anderson; and two sisters, Eileen Scott and Angie Authier.Roland Funeral Service-Atlantic, IowaFuneral Information