Virginia Smith Anderson
March 20, 1921 — January 26, 2008
Virginia Smith Anderson, 86, of Ottawa, died Saturday, January 26, 2008, at the Ottawa Pavilion. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Gladfelter Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Gladfelter Funeral Home. Mrs. Anderson was born March 20, 1921, in Moreland, Kentucky, to Everett and Alma (Kindell) Smith Sr. She was married to Russell Anderson on August 8, 1941, in Plano, Ill. He died October 13, 1987. She was a waitress at the Green Mill Restaurant and the Ottawa House. She retired from A & P Grocery. She was a member of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. She is survived by two sisters, Alma (Al) Rexroat of Ottawa and Evelyn (Tom) Hipes of Harding; and a cousin, Sidney Anderson whom she made her home with. Three brothers, Truman, Cecil and Everett Jr.; and a sister, Marybelle Stout, preceded her in death. Pallbearers will be Julie Farro, Russ, Tim and Scott Rexroat and Bart & Stu Hipes. Memorials may be directed to the family.