Patsy Mae Anderson
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Patsy Anderson
RONAN — Our beloved Patsy Mae Anderson passed away peacefully after a short illness on May 16, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family and loved ones. Patsy was born July 8, 1937, at Holy Family Hospital in St. Ignatius. She was one of 14 children born to William Herbert Noel and Laura Cecelia Glover. She was a proud enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe.
Patsy was raised in Polson and graduated from Polson High School in 1955. She participated in several activities in school including flag girl, cheerleading, editor of the school newspaper and homecoming queen. In 1957 she earned her teaching certification from Western Montana College of Education in Dillon. In 1967 she earned a four year diploma from the University of Montana. She taught 35 years in public schools throughout the state of Montana, but primarily in the Pablo and Ronan School District. Patsy retired in 1991. Throughout her long and rewarding career in education she touched many lives.
In 1958 she married Larry Anderson at the Polson Catholic Church. Patsy and Larry recently celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in June of 2013. To their union four children were born. Patsy was a special, wonderful, loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother to all.
Patsy was a gifted quilt maker and enjoyed the company of friends and family while sewing and making quilts. She enjoyed making many quilts for raffles, charity projects, fire quilts, cancer patients and baby quilts for newborns at area hospitals. Patsy also gifted beautiful quilts to her immediate family members, relatives, and friends. She had an amazing talent for putting together the colors in her quilts. We cannot count the number of quilts she made in her lifetime but know that quilting gave her a deep satisfaction.
Patsy also enjoyed her summer months at the family home on Flathead Lake. She loved to see full moon nights on the lake as the light reflected on the water and lit up the entire sky like it was daylight.
Patsy was preceded in death by her beloved daughter Amy Noelle Anderson, her parents Laura and William Noel and twelve siblings. She is survived by her husband Larry Anderson; her children Alan and Tonya Anderson, Valerie and Jerry Johnson, Karin and Tony Williams; her sister Barbara Ross; grandchildren Ryan, Randi, Alyssa, Trevor, Jessica, Chelsey, Cassidy, and Amber and great- grandchildren Hannah, Oliver, Robert, Laurance, Everett, Autumn and Camden; as well as numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and other extended family members.
Per her wishes, a memorial mass will be held at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at 1002 Fourth Ave., Polson, at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 23, 2014. Patsy will be laid to rest next to her daughter Amy Noelle Anderson in a private burial ceremony at the Lakeview Cemetery in Polson. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Amy Noelle Anderson scholarship fund c/o SKC Foundation, Box 70, Pablo, MT 59855, Attn: Angelique Albert.
Arrangements are under the direction of Grogan Funeral Home and Crematory. Messages of condolence can be sent to the family online at www.groganfuneralhome.com.
