Judith E. Anderson, 75, of Tekamah NE

Judith E. Anderson died January 16, 2016 at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.

Judith Eleanor (Bruce) Anderson was born to Alvin John “A. J.” and Eleanor M. (Farnam) Bruce in Tekamah, Nebraska on November 23, 1940. She was born, raised, and lived nearly her entire adult life in Tekamah. After graduating from Tekamah High School in 1958, she graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1962, with a BS in Education.

Judy was a kindergarten teacher in Sunnyvale, California from 1961-1962 and at the Havelock School in Lincoln, Nebraska 1962-1965.

Judy was united in marriage to Ralph M. Anderson, Jr. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Tekamah on August 18, 1963.

Judy was a lifetime and faithful member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, where she served as work group co chairman for over 30 years and as secretary of the Lutheran Church Council. She served as President of PEO Chapter DC and the Tekamah Library Board. She was a long time volunteer of the American Cancer Society and long time member of the Tekamah Book Club. She was honored as an Aksarben Countess in 1961. Judy loved to read, play bridge, boat on the Missouri River, and spend time in Okoboji, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband Ralph M. “Mick” Anderson, Jr of Tekamah; son Michael Thomas Anderson and his wife Brenda of Las Vegas, Nevada; and daughter Amy Louise Wenstrom and her husband Shawn and children Julia Louise and Thomas John of Farmington, Minnesota.

The Memorial Service will be Tues., Jan. 19th at 11:00 a.m. at Emmanual Lutheran Church in Tekamah NE. Burial will be at a later date in the Tekamah Cemetery.

Judith Anderson