Thelma Anderson

She married Merle E. Freedland on June 19, 1938. They lived in Grafton and St. Paul, MN.  They owned and operated Merle???s Motor Service in Grafton until his death on July 25, 1971.  She married Earl M. Anderson in 1973 and moved to Walhalla, ND, where she worked for the Walhalla Clinic.  She moved to Park River, ND and worked at Unity Hospital in Grafton as a Health Unit Coordinator until retirement in 1992.  Earl Anderson died in 1993.  She resided at the Good Samaritan Home in Park River for the last three years.

She is survived by daughter Janice (John) Meagher, Park River, ND; daughter-in-law Marliss Freedland, Tacoma WA, seven grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren; brothers: Orvil (Joy) Gilleshammer; Allen (June) Gilleshammer; Glenn (Lorretta) Gilleshammer; many nieces and nephews; step-daughter Donna Anderson Robinson, Olathe, KS; four step-grandchildren and four step great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son: Ronald and daughters: Sherrill and Gail; sisters: Gladys Rutherford, Joyce Pede, and Betty Jean Heisler.

Funeral services will be Monday, October 6, 2008 at 10:30 A.M. at the Grafton Lutheran Church. Visitation will be Sunday from 4-6 P.M. with a prayer service at 6:00 P.M. at the Tollefson Funeral Home of Grafton.  Friends may also call at the church on Monday for one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at the Grafton Lutheran Cemetery.

The Tollefson Funeral Home of Grafton is in charge of the arrangements.

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