Cynthia E. Anderson

Cynthia E. Anderson, 88, of Hawley, Minnesota, died Tuesday, August 23, 2005, at the Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen, Minnesota. Cynthia Eleanor Blakeway was born December 26, 1916 at her parent's home in Clay County, Minnesota to Joseph and Eleanor Perkins Blakeway. She married Ingvald H. Anderson on November 11, 1939 at Moorhead, Minnesota. Following their marriage they farmed near Hawley until 1970. In 1970 they moved to Hitterdal, Minnesota where they lived until 1976, when they moved back to the farm. Ingvald died April 7, 1984. Cynthia resided in Hawley for several years, and in June 2005 moved to the Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen, Minnesota. Cynthia was active and had been President of the Senior Citizens Center in Hawley. She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher for many years and also worked as a custodian. She is survived by one son, Gerome JoAnn Anderson, Hawley, MN; two daughters, Linda Leland Aanenson, Twin Valley, MN, and Nancy Roger Spillum, Hawley, MN; three brothers, William Blakeway, St. Paul, MN., Elmer Alfreda Blakeway, Hawley, MN, and Virgil Doris Blakeway, Hawley, MN; three sisters, Hyacinth Dick Kronbeck, Moorhead, MN, Charlotte Grant Haug, Moorhead, MN, and Genevieve Villiard, Moorhead, MN; seven grandchildren, LeAnne Ben Pollock, Julie Mark Tellefson, Daryl Mary Spillum, Jill Chad Dibley, Christina Derek Lien, Jason Anderson, April Travis Desing; eight great grandchildren, Tessa Pollock, Tara Pollock, Alan & Colton Tellefson, Alissa & Hunter Dibley, Olivia Desing & David Spillum.She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband and one sister, Elizabeth Blakeway.