Marion Anderson

Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, GreatGrandmother and Friend

Marion Alice Anderson, 92, lifelong Rockford resident, died at 6:07 a.m. Saturday, August 18, 2012 in River Bluff Nursing Home.nbsp; Born May 7, 1920, daughter of George G. and Alice E. Craven Schrom.nbsp; Graduated from Rockford Central High School in 1938 and Browns Business College in 1941.nbsp; Married Byron G. Anderson in Rockford on July 19, 1941.nbsp; Marion had been employed by American Insurance Company, spent a number of years as a buyer for D.J. Stewart amp; Company and for 12 years she was a bookkeeper for Rockford Clinic Credit Union and a receptionist at Rockford Clinic.nbsp; She was a member of St. Bernadette Catholic Church and their Ladies Auxiliary.nbsp; She was also a member of the Navy Club Auxiliary and Knights of Columbus Auxiliary.nbsp; She had been a part of a Bridge Club nbsp;with good friends since 1938.nbsp; Marion was a very nonjudgmental person who was accepting of everyone.nbsp; Her family was the most important part of her world and she was completely devoted to them.nbsp;

Survivors include her children, Sue (Allan) Hottman, Rockford, George B. (Chris) Anderson, Rockford and Steve (Jean Gerth) Anderson, Sandpoint, ID; grandchildren, Wendy (Scott) Barranco, Stacey (Philip) Griggs, Jim (Leigh) Hottman, Debbie (Jason) Scott, Nate Anderson, Connor McGrath, Melissa (Michael) Lattalo, Camas (Dan Lee) Anderson, Marcus Moore, Connienbsp;Moore and Richard Fausett; greatgrandchildren, Caleigh, Cameron, Tyler, Richie, Benjamin, Anthony and Zach; sisterinlaw, Lola (Eugene) Gustafson; nephew, Gary (Molly) Soper; nieces, Terri (Mark) Vincent, Lynn (Peter) Burke, Julie Soper, Tana Gustafson, Tracey (Jack) Armstrong and their families; special friends, Phil Best, Dee Povalitis, Jo Larson and Bernice Stassi.nbsp; Predeceased by her husband, Byron on May 28, 1998, parents, and her sister, Lucille Kling.nbsp;

Mass of Ressurection at 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 22, 2012 in St. Bernadette Catholic Church.nbsp; Burial in St. Mary/St. James Cemetery.nbsp; Visitation from 57 p.m. Tuesdaynbsp; in Fitzgerald Funeral Home amp; Crematory, Riverside Chapel, 3910 N. Rockton Ave.with a Rosary to be recited at 6:30 p.m.nbsp; Visitation also from 99:45 a.m. at the church on Wednesday.nbsp; Memorials may be directed to Winnebago County Animal Services, 4517 N. Main St. Rockford, IL 61103 or Northern Illinois Hospice amp; Grief Center, 4215 Newburg Rd. Rockford, IL 61108.nbsp;