Funeral services for 75-year-old Janice Marie Anderson of Springfield, Minnesota, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, January 9, 2016, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, located at 217 Brackenridge S. W.
Interment will be in Springfield City Cemetery, located on Brown County Road #24.
Visitation will be at Sturm Funeral Home-Springfield Chapel, on Friday, January 8, 2016, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The funeral home is located at 407 North Jackson. A second visitation will be held at the church the day of the funeral service from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Janice Marie Anderson passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at her home in Springfield.
Janice Marie Anderson was born on February 29, 1940, in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, the daughter of Lewis and Rosella (Feil) Wellner. She grew up on a farm in Stately Township in Brown County and graduated from Comfrey High School in 1958. Janice attended college for a short time in Mankato and then moved to the Twin Cities to work.
She married M. Curtis Anderson on September 8, 1962, at Stately Lutheran Church. Until children came, Jan worked briefly in Clements, Minnesota, and she and Curt farmed for 37 years in Sundown Township, where she enjoyed gardening, mowing lawn,baking and canning fruits and vegetables. Other hobbies included camping, snowmobiling, and bowling with family and friends. Jan and Curt also liked playing cards with the neighbors.
Jan was an active member of Sundown Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School for many years and participated in the ladies’ groups. After Curt’s death in 1999, Jan remained on the farm until 2011, when she moved to her home in Springfield. She then joined Trinity Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye.
Most recently, Jan enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren, and her cats, Rosco and Molly, having coffee with her friends at The Garage and watching football. She was one of the few people who loved both the Vikings and the Packers!
She is survived by her son, Greg of Springfield and his special friend, Lynn Marks of Sleepy Eye; Greg’s daughters, Hana of Springfield and Nita of St. Cloud; her daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Todd Wilmes of Springfield and their children Paul (North Mankato, Minnesota) and Lea and Dave Zarrett (Mankato, Minnesota); her sister, Cheryl Smith (Ron), of Jordan, Minnesota, and her brother, Richard Wellner (special friend Mary Corwin) of Lafayette, Indiana; her sister-in-law, Clarice Anderson of Springfield and many nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and her parents-in-law, Alfred and Ardella Anderson.