Brooke L. Anderson
Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2008
AURELIA, Iowa -- Brooke Lynn Anderson, 28, of Rockwell City, Iowa, formerly of Aurelia, Storm Lake, Iowa, and Lake City, Iowa, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines after being struck by a bus.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia, with the Rev. Larry Lemke officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.
Brooke Lynn Anderson was born Feb. 26, 1980, in Cherokee, Iowa, the daughter of Charles and Carla (Backhaus) Anderson. She became a resident of Faith Hope and Charity in Storm Lake, Iowa, at a young age. She also lived at Opportunity Life in Lake City as well as Opportunity Life in Rockwell City.
She enjoyed music, swimming, fast rides, sitting in her bean bag chair, roller skating, horseback riding, boating and especially the sensory room.
Survivors include her parents, Bruce and Carla Peterson of Alta, Iowa; a brother, Leigh and his wife, Angie Peterson of Aurelia; two sisters, Katina and her husband, Jonny Johnson and Destiny Peterson, all of Aurelia; grandparents, Marilyn Stiles of Cherokee, Marjorie and Ron Neulieb of Alta, Ken and Jan Peterson of Aurelia and Janet Backhaus of Aurelia; three nieces, Mazy and Savannah Johnson and Emma Peterson; a nephew, Tyler Peterson; and many aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Carl Backhaus Jr.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia, with the Rev. Larry Lemke officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.
Brooke Lynn Anderson was born Feb. 26, 1980, in Cherokee, Iowa, the daughter of Charles and Carla (Backhaus) Anderson. She became a resident of Faith Hope and Charity in Storm Lake, Iowa, at a young age. She also lived at Opportunity Life in Lake City as well as Opportunity Life in Rockwell City.
She enjoyed music, swimming, fast rides, sitting in her bean bag chair, roller skating, horseback riding, boating and especially the sensory room.
Survivors include her parents, Bruce and Carla Peterson of Alta, Iowa; a brother, Leigh and his wife, Angie Peterson of Aurelia; two sisters, Katina and her husband, Jonny Johnson and Destiny Peterson, all of Aurelia; grandparents, Marilyn Stiles of Cherokee, Marjorie and Ron Neulieb of Alta, Ken and Jan Peterson of Aurelia and Janet Backhaus of Aurelia; three nieces, Mazy and Savannah Johnson and Emma Peterson; a nephew, Tyler Peterson; and many aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Carl Backhaus Jr.
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