Evelyn C. Anderson
April 8, 1924 - November 19, 2018
Evelyn C. Anderson, 94, passed away Monday, Nov. 19, in Las Vegas, Nevada, of natural causes. Born April 8, 1924, in Joliet, Illinois, to Henry and Mary Bertani, she married George Anderson on June, 13, 1944, in Hollywood, California. The couple made their home in Kankakee, Illinois, where she enjoyed a long career with Kankakee Federal Savings and Loan while also raising five children. George preceded her in death, passing away in 1999; in 2004, Evelyn moved west to Lincoln, Nebraska, to be near her eldest son, David, and west again in 2016 to Las Vegas, to live with her second son, Robert, and his life partner, John. She is survived by her five children: David (Marge) Anderson of Lincoln; Bob (John) Anderson of Las Vegas; Mary (David) Oprea of Troy, Michigan; Rick (Linnie) of Chaska, Minnesota; and Georgia (Jack) Tauscher of Geneva, Illinois; as well as seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Evelyn’s family thanks Nathan Adelson Hospice of Las Vegas for their care and compassion in the final months of her life and encourages friends and relatives of Evelyn to donate any memorial contributions to the hospice. She will be interred with George at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kankakee.
Evelyn C. Anderson, 94, passed away Monday, Nov. 19, in Las Vegas, Nevada, of natural causes. Born April 8, 1924, in Joliet, Illinois, to Henry and Mary Bertani, she married George Anderson on June, 13, 1944, in Hollywood, California. The couple... View Obituary & Service Information