Obituary of Jane Anderson

Jane Lawson Anderson, formerly of 20 Norwood Avenue, Jamestown, NY died on November 21, 2016 in Tucson, AZ, at age 96. An area resident most of her life, she was born May 16, 1920 in Jamestown, the daughter of Ernest A. and Jennie Jones Lawson. Jane cherished growing up with her many Jones and Lawson cousins. Jane was a life-long member of First Lutheran Church in Jamestown. A 1938 graduate of Jamestown High School, she went on to Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing in New York City. Upon her return to Jamestown, she was employed as a school nurse in the Jamestown Public Schools from 1965 until her retirement in 1981. On July 25, 1942, she married Roy L. Anderson in New Orleans, LA. They were married 53 years until his death in 1995. In 1983 they moved to Cave Creek, AZ, then to Tucson where Jane worked in the gift shop of the Arizona Inn and continued her love of painting, gardening, and cooking for family and friends. Surviving are four children: Priscilla Crickard (late Kipp) of East Amherst, NY, Linda Simon (Daniel), Charles Anderson (Becky) and Daniel Anderson, of Tucson, AZ; granddaughters: Darcy Crickard of Cheektowaga, NY, Kara Crickard of East Amherst, NY, Elizabeth Lam (Brian) of Flushing, NY, Sara Stewart (Erik) and Alexis Lopez (Tony), of Tucson, AZ and Danielle Anderson of Rochester, NY; great-grandsons: Hudson Stewart and Chase Lopez; dear family: Barbara Anderson of Tucson, AZ and Patricia Martines of Jamestown, NY; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Memorials may be made to the First Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 120 Chandler Street, Jamestown, NY 14701 or Soreo Hospice, 2475 E. Water Street, Tucson, AZ 85719. Burial will be at a later date in Lakeview Cemetery, Jamestown, NY at the convenience of the family.