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Susan Anderson

November 3, 1946 — October 2, 2024

Dawson

Susan H. Anderson, of Dawson, MN, passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson at the age of 77.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 1:00 PM at Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson, with Pastor Kendall Stelter officiating.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at the church on Saturday.

The service will be live streamed on Facebook Live from Grace Lutheran Church's page.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. The family will designate memorials to a charity of their choice.

Susan Helen Anderson was born on November 3, 1946, in Santa Monica, California, to William and Viola (Holden) Stratton. Susan attended and graduated from Appleton High School in 1964. After high school, she attended South Dakota State University for two years before returning home to meet her soulmate, Rodney Anderson. She was united in marriage to Rodney on February 17, 1968, in Appleton, MN. To this union, three boys were born: Trevor, Jeff, and Jeremy. In 1970, Susan and Trevor joined Rodney in Germany while he served his country in the United States Army until his honorable discharge in 1971. Susan would make Dawson her final home over the next 53 years spending time as a stay-at-home mom raising her three boys, worked as secretary at Grace Lutheran Church, and one her biggest satisfactions was helping Rudy Prestholdt create and install area cemetery maps. 

Susan was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. She loved traveling to watch her children’s and grandchildren’s activities. Susan was a big fan of the Dawson-Boyd Blackjacks, spending many nights going to games or listening intently on the radio. In her and Rodney’s retirement, they loved to travel to places near and far – Alaska, Hawaii, Ozarks, Mackinac Island, Las Vegas, and many places in between. Susan loved spending summer weekends camping at various campground - graduating from a tent, pop up camper to finally a unit with many modern amenities including air conditioning, heat, and bathroom. She loved her many, many totes of home decor keeping her busy decorating for every season (particularly with gnomes), spending time with her coffee and DQ friends, admiring flowers, baking/cooking and watching her favorite television shows. 

She is survived by her son, Trevor (Paulette) of Jackson, MN; grandchildren, Jacob (Jennifer) Peterson and Shaun Anderson; son, Jeff (Alisa) of New Ulm, MN; grandchildren, Makena (Tyler) Walls and Makiah Otto; son, Jeremy (Eva) of Minneapolis, MN; grandchildren, Phoebe and Walter Anderson; sister, Catherine (Mike) Fisher; brother-in-law, Richard (Linda) Anderson; and numerous extended family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rodney; mother, Viola Stratton; and mother-in-law and father-in-law.

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Saturday, October 12, 2024

12:00 - 1:00 pm (Central time)

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Grace Lutheran Church (Dawson, MN)

716 8th Street
Dawson, MN 56232

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Memorial Service

Saturday, October 12, 2024

1:00 - 2:00 pm (Central time)

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Grace Lutheran Church (Dawson, MN)

716 8th Street
Dawson, MN 56232

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