Mary Ellen Anderson

Mary Ellen (Moorman) Anderson, the daughter of Jesse Milton and Mary Caroline Parry Moorman, was born Oct. 29, 1930, at 1:30 p.m. in Centerville in Appanoose County. Mary went home to be with the Lord Oct. 2, 2014, at the Skiff Medical Center in Newton at the age of 83, following a short bout with acute leukemia.

Mary graduated from Centerville High School in 1948. She married David Stephen Anderson on June 25, 1949. David and Mary moved to Newton in 1952, and she lived there till present. Mary was employed at Lincoln Elementary School Cafeteria, Newton Elks Club for 16 years, Hy-Vee and the Newton Daily News for 12 years. Mary had a happy storytelling personality and enjoyed her home, flower gardens and crocheting. She loved to laugh, sing and yodel. She was a very devoted mom especially, after the premature death of her husband, David, Aug. 25, 1969.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, David Stephen; seven grandchildren prior to birth; three sisters, Opal Blanche Sweeden, Ruby Moorman in infancy and Garnet Moorman; and four brothers, Jesse Milton, Jr., Arthur Clyde, Harry James and Richard Wayne Moorman. Surviving are her two daughters and sons-in-law, Debra Sue and Floyd Faber and Judith Elaine and Steven Breese, all of Des Moines; and two grandsons, Steven Skylar Breese of Ames and David Preston Breese of Des Moines.

Services were held in October at Wallace Family Funeral Home.