Beverly Anderson

Beverly A. Anderson, 79, of Ventura, Iowa, died Sunday, March 13, 2016, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 17, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, east of Garner, Iowa, with the Rev. Carl Hedberg officiating. Burial will be at Concord Township Cemetery in Garner.

Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m., Wednesday, March 16, at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel, 160 E. 4th St., in Garner, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Beverly Ann Anderson, the daughter of Dale and Doris (Nonnweiler) Young, was born May 24, 1936, in Garner. She was baptized at Faith Lutheran Church, in Miller, Iowa. Beverly grew up in Garner and graduated from Garner High School in 1954. In August of 1954 she began working at Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, in Garner. She later was transferred to Glendale, Calif., where she lived for a short time before returning to Garner in 1959 as group chief operator for NW Bell. In 1962, she was transferred by the company to Red Oak, Iowa. On March 23, 1963 she was married to Roy L. Anderson at the United Methodist Church in Garner. They lived on the Anderson family farm north of Ventura where they raised their family. Beverly continued her employment with the telephone company in the Mason City, Algona and Des Moines offices until 1986, when she retired from U.S. West. In 1988, she and Roy moved from the home farm to Ventura Heights.

She enjoyed her family, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, crocheting and fishing at Leech Lake in Minnesota.

She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Garner where she belonged to the Fellowship Club and was a charter member of the Evening Guild.

Beverly is survived by her two sons, Dale (Judy) Anderson, of Ventura, and Carl Anderson, of Ventura; five grandchildren, John (Megan) Anderson and their three children, Kailyn, Nolan and Jacob, Logan Anderson, Chelsea (Trent) Maakestad, Ambre Anderson and Jessica (J.D.) Schroeder and their two children, Cheyanne and Ayden; and a sister, Barb Young, of Garner.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Dale and Doris Young; her husband, Roy, June 1, 1995; her son, Bart in 1973; and sister, Janice Young in 1993.

Cataldo Funeral Homes, Garner, Iowa, was in charge of arrangements.