Margaret "Ellen" Anderson, 1918-2001

Quad-Cities Online - 8 January 2001

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  Services for Margaret "Ellen" Anderson, 82, Moline, are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Wendt Funeral Home, Moline. Burial is in Rose Lawn Cemetery, Moline.

  Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Evangelical Free Church, Moline, where she attended, or WDLM Christian radio station.

  She died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001, at Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island.

  She was born April 9, 1918, in Jerome, Iowa, the daughter of Henry [Purdy] and Edith Mae Dooley. She married Paul L. Anderson Aug. 14, 1935, in Centerville, Iowa.

  She was a former Girl Scout, Cub Scout and Brownie leader, and was also active in the Pioneer Girls' Club and in all school activities (PTA, etc.).

  Survivors include a daughter, Edyth Hogan, Davenport; sons, Larry Anderson, Bettendorf, and Robert Anderson, Davenport; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brothers, David Purdy, Donna, Texas, and Donald Purdy, Hemphill, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.

Vaneta Arlene Anderson Busby McElvain

The Des Moines Register - 28 February 2007

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  Funeral services for Vaneta Arlene Anderson Busby McElvain, 84 years, eleven months, 19 days, will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 1, 2007, at Randolph Funeral Home, Seymour, with pastor Linda Reida officiating. Interment at the I.O.O.F. cemetery, Indianola, Iowa (2:30 p.m.). Friends may call at the Randolph Funeral Home in Seymour beginning at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The family will greet friends Wednesday evening 6 to 8 p.m.

  Memorials may be made to Seymour United Methodist Church or Donor's Choice of Hospice.

  Survived by daughters, Betty Kratovil of Stuart, Florida, Barbara Wood and husband John of Elgin, Illinois; sons, Robert Busby and wife Carol of Jackson, New Jersey, Marvin Busby and wife Renee of Tulsa, OK; step-daughter Virginia Berner and husband James of Waukee, Iowa; step-sons, Kenneth McElvain and wife Pam of Liberal, Kansas, Marvin McElvain and wife Jeanie of Ames, Iowa; step-daughter Karen Vanderlinden and husband Steve of Chapel Hill, NC; step-s0n David McElvain and wife Shelly of Seymour, Iowa.

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The Stuart News [FL] - 27 February 2007

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  Vaneta A. McElvain, 84, died Feb. 23, 2007, at her home. 

  She was born in Seymour, Iowa, and lived in Stuart for 2 years, coming from Iowa.

  She was a homemaker.

  Survivors include her daughter, Betty A. Kratovil of Stuart.

  Services: Burial services will be in Indianola Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa, under the direction of Randolph Funeral Home, Seymour, Iowa.

  Local arrangements are by Martin Funeral Home & Crematory, Stuart.