Gloria Jean Anderson

Gloria Jean Anderson (Brown) inspired learning and healing in others throughout her life. As an ELCA Lutheran Minister, she served over five congregations. Prior to ministry, Gloria worked as a teacher of English, German, and Dramatic Arts for Gary Public Schools and St. Francis High School. Her students and parishioners remark on her as a light - inspiring their own careers and paths. It was common for lives to improve when Gloria was nearby. Taking students under her wing in their moments of need and counseling parishioners - helping them find real world solutions to problems. Family remembers Gloria's skits she would write and perform for holidays as well as time spent in the woods with her sisters- nature proving a prominent inspiration. She and her daughter, Maren, co-wrote and illustrated a children's book for her grandson, August. She treasured her vacations with her sister Kathy, often near sea or woods and loved supporting her nieces and nephew in their dreams. Full of dreams herself she longed for a cabin in the woods where she would have certainly baked iced molasses cookies and prepared thoughtful and delicious meals for her family. Always a lover of birch trees and Northern Minnesota for walks, exploration, and inspiration. In serving Southwestern Minnesota she fell in love with the Pomme de Terre where she would take daily respite in hikes. When we dream or tell a story, Gloria will be there, taking in the meaning and cheering us forward. She will certainly be present in the autumn leaves and the quiet of winter- she will be in the flowers of spring and a ripple on the lake in summer. We will miss her smile and support but will always find her when we are in nature. Gloria is preceded in death by her father, Donald Oliver Brown, grandparents Freda and Walter Lilyquist, Edna and Bill Brown, and brother-in-law, Jeff Wylie. Gloria is survived by her daughter, Maren Elizabeth Marks (Anderson), grandson August Andrew Marks, mother Janet Brown, sisters Kathleen Milton-Wylie, LuAnne Johnson (Scott) and Cindy Mensing (Bruce). Her nieces and nephew, Kirsten Gustafson (Jason), Jenny Dewhirst (Chad), Jeff Wylie (Kelly), Marissa Johnson, Janna Johnson (Maria), Nicolee Mensing and Kory Mensing. Gloria is godmother to Candace Lilyquist, Kirsten, and Kory. Her grand nieces and nephews, Brandon Morgan, Arica Reesman, Rhae Reesman, Zack Dewhirst, Cameron Gustafson, and Tanner Wylie. A Celebration of Gloria's Life will be at Bethany Lutheran Church in Remer, Minnesota on August 27, 2022, at 1:00pm. Gloria was Baptized, Confirmed, Married and Ordained at Bethany. A simple gathering in a local nature setting for friends of Gloria, Maren, and Gloria's sisters will be held sometime in late September. Time and place to be determined. Wasbhurn-McReavy.com Strobeck Johnson 952-938-9020

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Gloria Jean Anderson

December 31, 1951 - July 25, 2022

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Gloria Jean Anderson

December 31, 1951 - July 25, 2022

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