Beverly Ann Anderson

Beverly Ann Anderson, 81, passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2014 at her home in Sandpoint, Idaho. Private family service will be held at a later date. Beverly was born on June 9, 1933 in Winnebago, Nebraska the daughter of Melzer and Coena Buck. At a young age the family moved to Vancouver, Washington and later settled in Sandpoint in 1942. She would attend local schools here is Sandpoint. In 1952, while working at the Sandpoint Café she would meet Leon Anderson and they would later marry in 1953 in Thompson Falls, Montana. They would make their home in Sandpoint, Idaho where they raised their three children. Beverly and Leon always would go for long drives and loved to snowmobile. It was very rare that she would be seen away from Leon. Beverly always had a knack for showing up right behind someone and scaring them a little, that is how she got her nickname “Spook.” Beverly loved her home but most of all she loved to feed her family. Family was everything and her kids and grandkids would never leave her house hungry. Beverly loved to watch soap operas and could always be seen watching them on TV. Beverly is survived by her husband of 61 years, Leon Anderson; her daughter Carrie (Roy) Jacobson of Sandpoint; her son Leon Jr. (Glenda) Anderson of Sandpoint; her sister Eunice (Jack) Brown of Memphis, TN; her brother Tom (Maida) Buck of Sandpoint; her 4 grandchildren Julie (Amos) Walkington, Josiah (Nicole Stufflebeam) Anderson, Luke (Anita Mitchell) Anderson and Jaden Anderson; along with her three great grandchildren Grace Meyer, Riley Walkington and Halle Anderson. She is preceded in death by her parents Melzer and Coena Buck, her three brothers; Clyde Buck, Roland Buck, and Gerald Buck; her daughter Jeannie Anderson; and one granddaughter Jennifer Meyer. The family suggests that memorials may be made to BGH/Celebrate Life, PO Box 420, Ponderay, Idaho; 83852 in Memory of Beverly.