Marjean Anderson

June 11, 1930 - March 9, 2016

Our loving wife and mother, Marjean Gunderson Anderson, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 9, 2016 in Orem, Utah at the age of 85 after succumbing to chronic lung disease she has battled for over 30 years. Marjean was born June 11, 1930 to Elden and Millie Peterson Gunderson in Murray, Utah. She was the first of 4 children. She married Warren Boyd Anderson on March 20, 1953 in the Manti LDS Temple. They are the parents of 6 children. Marjean attended elementary school in Murray, and then her family moved to Salem, Utah when she was nine years old. She graduated from Spanish Fork High School in 1948. She met Warren while attending BYU in 1949. Marjean and Warren spent their early-married years in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Collins, Colorado. They settled in College Station, Texas in 1964 where they raised their five sons and one daughter. Marjean’s faith was always the foundation in her life. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served in a variety of callings over the years in Relief Society, Young Women’s, and Primary organizations. Marjean loved genealogy work and dedicated a big part of her life to researching and documenting family records and writing family histories. She and Warren served a mission in the LDS Church History Library in 1993-1994 volunteering their time in researching genealogical records for others. Marjean loved spending time with family and friends. She always felt like her greatest accomplishment in life was her children and grandchildren and she always kept up on what they were all doing and looked forward to visits from them. Marjean was an avid sports fan in general, but was extremely loyal to all Texas A&M sports teams. She loved reading, ceramics, crocheting, scrapbooking, genealogy, and had an appreciation for all things beautiful. She is survived by her husband, Warren, of 63 years; 6 children: Rick (Cindy) Anderson, Provo, UT; Kim Anderson, Plano, TX; Jerry (Kathy) Anderson, College Station, TX; (Bart) Karen Christensen, Lindon, UT; Mark (Stephanie) Anderson, Sikeston, MO; Peter (Meg) Anderson, College Station, TX, and 24 Grandchildren and 16 Great Grandchildren. Additional survivors include 2 brothers and 1 sister: Reed (Jackie) Gunderson; Merrill (Betty) Gunderson; (Ron) Sharon Braithwaite. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, March 12th, at 2:00 pm, at the LDS Lindon West Stake Center Chapel, 250 West 600 South, Lindon (Orem address is 1030 West 1600 North, Orem), where Viewings will be held Friday, March 11th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and prior to services on Saturday from 1:00 to 1:45 pm. Interment in Lindon City Cemetery. Funeral directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.