Beulah May Anderson was born November 22, 1917 in Rexburg, Idaho to Gilbert and Minnie Wilson, she passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 in Everett, Washington.
Beulah was raised and educated in the Mossyrock, Washington area, graduating from Mossyrock High School in 1936. She moved to Wenatchee, Washington in the late 1930’s where she met Homer Anderson. They were married in 1938 in Chehalis, Washington and subsequently had two sons and one daughter.
They moved to Marblemount, Washington in 1946. While raising their family, Beulah worked at the local grocery/mercantile store and for the U.S. Postal Service delivering mail between Rockport and Marblemount.
In 1964, when her youngest son was a senior in high school, she went back to school at Skagit Valley Community College and graduated with a Licensed Practical Nursing Degree in 1965. She worked at Northern State Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, later transferring to Western State Hospital in Steilacoom upon the closure of Northern State. She moved back to Sedro-Woolley following her retirement in 1981.
She enjoyed volunteering at the Sedro-Woolley Senior Center, reading, taking long walks, playing cards and especially time spent walking and exploring the Pacific Ocean Beaches. She loved to travel, taking many trips with family and friends, including cruises to Alaska, Hawaii and through the Panama Canal. She lost her husband of 57 years in 1995 and in 2007, she moved to Everett to be closer to her family.
Beulah was also preceded in death by her parents, a brother John, two sisters, Margaret and Bessie, and several close friends. She is survived by her two sons and their wives, John Dick and Christy Anderson of Centralia, WA and Gerald Jerry and Evonne Anderson of Rochester, WA and her daughter, Barbara Lindberg and her husband Jerry of Everett, WA. 12 grandchildren, 24 great- grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
Beulah was a true matriarch of her family, a good listener, a strong supporter, and loved and respected by everyone who knew her. She will be greatly missed. At Beulah’s request, she will be cremated and her ashes returned to the ocean that she loved so much.
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 2:00PM at Lemley Chapel in Sedro-Woolley with Pastor Wendy Tingley of the Trinity United Presbyterian Church officiating. A reception will follow at Alfy’s on Hwy 20 in Sedro-Woolley.