~ IN MEMORY ~
Gladys Stockhausen Anderson, wife of NWA
Capt. Andy Anderson
April 7, 1933 ~ July 3, 2022
Memorial Service for Gladys Anderson, wife
of NWA Capt. Norman R. “Andy” Anderson, will be held this Saturday, August 27th
at 11:00AM, at St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 2650 148th Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA.
To view the obituary information online
please visit
https://obituaries.seattletimes.com/obituary/gladys-stockhausen-anderson-1085966895
Condolences may be sent to the family at :
3728 130th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98005
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Gladys’ obituary : On July 3, 2022, Gladys
Anderson, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away
at the age of 89 in her home of 51 years in Bellevue, Washington.
Gladys was born April 7, 1933, in
Wesleyville, PA, to Herta and Henry Stockhausen. She attended Wesleyville High
School and sang in the school and church choirs. During her Junior year, she
met her future husband, Norman "Andy" Anderson, who attended Lawrence
Park High School. They were both on their school's committee for a joint school
dance for the two High Schools. They met there, started dating a month later,
fell in love, and began their wonderful love story as they dated for 5 years,
then married for another 67 years!
Gladys and Andy married in 1955. With Andy
in the Navy, his first assignment was Whidbey Island Airbase where Gladys fell
in love with the Pacific Northwest. After the Navy, Andy got a job at Northwest
Airlines, they moved around a bit, then settled in the Seattle, WA area. In
1971 they built their dream home in Bellevue, WA, where they lived to this day.
Gladys and Andy were very involved with
their church and had many friends at St Andrew's Lutheran Church. Gladys
continued her love to sing in the church choir, where she sang solos for many
years. Also, a Bridge group was created at Church that ended up being lifelong
friends, vacationing many places together and creating incredible friendship
bonds.
While Andy traveled for work, Gladys stayed
home and took care of raising their 4 children and many dogs! She continued to sing,
became the best cook (and enjoyed cooking), loved to sew and embroider, and
read, read, read! She also loved camping; once they moved to the PNW there were
many family camping trips every year. Once retired Gladys and Andy traveled in
their 5th wheel RV for many more adventures around the Western States together,
as well as with family and friends.
Before and after Andy retired, they did
extensive travel around the world. Gladys took great care to read the history
of every place they traveled and made sure they knew all about the places they
would visit, even planning all their camping travels closely with Andy.
For 9 years Gladys and Andy had another home
in Idaho Springs, CO, to spend time with grandchildren and great grandchildren
there. They have many fond memories of holidays spent there, lots of snow and
learning to love the game of Mexican Train! Gladys' passion and love was in her
family. She always enjoyed getting family together, for holidays, birthdays,
summer picnics or any other excuse! She was truly dedicated to her family and
wanted to be around them as much as possible.
We have so many wonderful memories of Gladys
and she will live in our hearts and minds for the rest of our days. She lived a
wonderful and happy life and passed peacefully in her own house as she had
always wanted.
Gladys is survived by her husband Norman
"Andy," her daughters Laurie and Lianne, her son Kenneth and his
wife, Cristy, 8 grandchildren Heather, Sheena, Andrea, Ryan, Erin, Piper, Sarah
and Olivia, and 5 great-grandchildren Mason, Mia, Luke, Emily and Owen . She
was preceded in death by her Mother, Herta, her Father, Henry, her sister,
Hilda and her son, Bradley.
A service will be held at St. Andrews
Lutheran Church in Bellevue on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at 11AM. In lieu of
flowers please consider a donation in memory of Gladys to The Lighthouse for
the Visually Impaired and Blind.
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