Helen Margaret Anderson

Helen Anderson passed away peacefully Friday, March 3, 2017 at the Lakeside Medical Center in Pine City at the age of 81. Helen Margaret Blumhoefer was born December 30, 1935 to George and Genevieve (Jandl) Blumhoefer in Franklin, Minnesota. Helen started school in Grasston where she attended 1st and 2nd grades; then moved to Pine City where she attended the Rural School and graduated from Pine City High School in 1953.  She married Gene Anderson on December 13, 1958 in Pine City and moved to Rock Creek to start their family.  In 1966, they moved to the Twin Cities area and settled in Moundsview in 1967. Helen was a stay at home mom and babysat the neighborhood kids.  She volunteered at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in New Brighton and taught Catechism.  She enjoyed trips with her family which included road trips to Oregon, California, Washington DC, Florida and Arizona.  For their 25th wedding anniversary, Helen and Gene celebrated with a reception in their home and a trip to Jamaica.  Gene also surprised Helen with a trip to New York for Mother’s Day.  She enjoyed volunteering at the Minnesota Twins games for Homeward Bound in New Hope, where her daughter Lisa lived.  She liked to tell stories of conversations she had with the baseball players. In 1995, Helen and Gene moved back up North to Rock Creek.  They traveled to Texas to visit one of their children and grandchildren.  On those trips they would make stops in Branson, Missouri or Arizona.  In 2008, Helen and Gene celebrated their 50th anniversary with an Alaskan cruise. Helen’s smile and laugh will be missed.  We are blessed to know she was called back home by our Father and has been reunited with two of her children, grandchildren and many family and friends. Helen is survived by her loving husband of 58 years Eugene Anderson of Rock Creek; children: Brian (Judy) Anderson of Harris, Doug (Kathy) Anderson of Woodbury, Debra (Kurt) Wendorf of Sherman, Texas, Beth (Chuck) Ruud of Andover; siblings: Tom (Shirley) Blumhoefer of Pine City, and Gerald (Virginia) Blumhoefer of Coon Rapids; grandchildren: Joe (Tracy) Anderson of North Branch, Nicole (Joe) Richie of Roberts, Wisconsin, Tyler Anderson of Woodbury, Tanner (Angie) Wendorf of Manchester, Tennessee, Terri (Ryan) Fine of Sherman, Texas, Lisa Wendorf of Wichita Falls, Texas, Max Wendorf of Sherman, Texas, Andy Ruud of Clarksville, Tennessee and Amanda Ruud of Andover; great-grandchildren: Abigail and Elliot Fine and Adam Anderson. She is preceded in death by her parents George and Genevieve Blumhoefer; son Tim Anderson; daughter Lisa Anderson; grandsons Nathan Anderson and Sam Anderson; sister Esther (Arnie) Knapp; brother Raymond Blumhoefer. Monsignor Aleksander Suchan will celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial for Helen: 10:30 AM; Wednesday (3/15) at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Pine City.  A time of visitation and reviewal is planned for Tuesday evening (3/14) from 5-8 PM with the Rosary at 7 PM at the Swanson Chapel in Pine City and also I hour prior to the funeral Mass in the St. Anthony Commons area at church.  The interment will take place in the Pine Grove Cemetery with her grandchildren acting as casket bearers. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Funeral and Cremation Service of Pine City - Swanson Chapel. www.funeralandcremationservice.com