Eunice Anderson, age 91 of Walnut Grove passed away on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at Valley View Manor in Lamberton following a stroke. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at English Lutheran Church in Walnut Grove. Visitation will be 4-7p.m. Sunday at the Walnut Grove Funeral Home with a 6:30 p.m. prayer service. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Monday. Interment will be in the Walnut Grove Cemetery. The Walnut Grove Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Euncie Anderson was born on July 8, 1916 in Carroll County near Lanesboro, Iowa to Albert and Clara (Riedesel) Beckmann. She was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist faith. She moved with her family to Walnut Grove in 1920, then to Lamberton in 1925 where she graduated from high school in 1933. Eunice was united in marriage to Valarious Anderson on January 1, 1935. After enjoying a two month honeymoon visiting relatives in Iowa, they settled into farming and raising a family. They lived on farms near Lamberton, Wanda and Walnut Grove, moving into Walnut Grove in November 1981. Val passed away Thanksgiving night in 1986. Eunice moved to Country View apartments in Walnut Grove in May 2005. After suffering a stroke in November 2007, she moved to Lamberton Valley View Nursing Home.

Eunice was a faithful member of St. Olaf and English Lutheran Churches and for many years she enjoyed the fellowship of Ruth Circle, Mission Circle and English WELCA. She held different offices in church, taught Sunday School and Bible School. Eunice was a member of Sew-So Club and Hill Birthday Club. She spent the entire year crocheting over 200 snowflakes every year for friends, family and church. Every high school graduate in the family received a quilt, as well as her children on their 25th wedding anniversary. She had continued sewing quilt tops for missions after she was no longer able to hand quilt. She enjoyed helping in the fields, tending to her vegetable and flower gardens, reading Western novels and spending time with her family. She was called ‘Grandma Tippy’ or ‘Flower Grandma’ by her grandchildren after the pet dog and flower dresses she wore.

She is survived by her children and spouses: Judy and Don Johnson of Walnut Grove, Wane and Connie Anderson of Tracy, Ken and Sandy Anderson of Revere, Dee and Brian Skalbeck of Mound, and Barb and Walt Boyd of Fortson, GA; sisters: Fern Larson of St. James and Pearl and John Anderson of Wakarusa, IN, and brother Dietrich and Kelly Beckmann of Brookfield, WI; 14 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three brothers and two sisters.