Laurette R. ’Laurie’ Anderson

Laurette R. "Laurie" Anderson, 46, Moorhead, MN, died on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 in her home in Moorhead.Laurette Renae Anderson was born on December 24, 1961, in Minneapolis, MN, to Robert Anderson and Molly Jo Munns. She grew up and attended school in Minneapolis, Glenwood and Moorhead, MN, graduating from Moorhead High School. She graduated from Moorhead State University in 1989, with a B.S. in Business Administration and minors in Psychology and Military Science. She served in the National Guard for 20 years and was deployed to Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia in 1997. She retired from the Guard in 2003. Laurie cared deeply about children and world peace and was involved in the organization "Pencils for Peace".Laurie is survived by her father and step-mother, Robert and Alice Anderson, Moorhead; step-sisters, Debra Pete Pollard, Kim Tim Jacobson, Joni Scott Larson, Heidi Jesse Symynkywicz; step-brothers, Jeffrey Lori Nystrom, Daniel Suzanne Nystrom, Matthew Nystrom; Aunt and Uncle, Dick and Ruthanne Anderson, Durango, CO. She was preceded in death by her mother, Molly Jo Munns; and her grandparents, Olga and Axel Anderson, and Hazel and Erwin Munns.Laurie will be remembered as a loving, considerate, generous and talented person.