Sylvia Jean Anderson, 76, Hamilton, Missouri, passed away in St. Joseph on June 24, 2013. Sylvia had moved from Orrick, Mo., to Hamilton in 1970.

Sylvia was born on March 24, 1937, in Denver, Colorado, to Harry and Ella Mae Moore Provo. She had graduated from the Ravana, Missouri, high school in 1955, and then attended CMSU-Warrensburg, Mo., to receive her B.S. in Elementary Education. She then advanced her education to become certified as a Home Economics teacher. She retired from her career in teaching after 30 years, beginning in the Orrick, Mo., school district, and then teaching most of her career in the Hamilton, Missouri RII school district, teaching in all three district buildings with various grade levels and finishing with Home Economics.

Sylvia was an active member of the Hamilton Baptist Church, had been a counselor and camp administrator for the Grand Oaks Church Camp in Chillicothe, and she had been active with the Baptist Women's Mission Group. She had served on the board of the Caldwell County Health Department for numerous years, and had been an active volunteer at the Cameron Women's Shelter.

She married John D. Anderson on July 24, 1959, in Kansas City, Mo. They were later divorced.

Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents, and her son, Kurt Anderson.

Survivors: Daughters, Cathy Deveney, Overland Park, Ks., and Gwyn Lofberg, Jamestown, North Dakota; 7 grandchildren: Derek Gastineau, Topeka, Ks; Dierdre Gastineau, Nashville, Tn.; Steven Anderson, Kingston, Mo.; Tyler Anderson, Hamilton; Chelsi Burnett, Kingston; Brandon Cummings, Hamilton; and J.C. Anderson, Kodiak, Ak; 1 Great-Granddaughter, Angela Gastineau, St. Joseph, Mo; Daughter-in-law, Cindy Cummings, Hamilton; Siblings: Joan Stoner, Wisconsin; Larry Provo, Massachusetts; Carol Dickerson, Cameron, Mo.; and David Bloom, Richmond, Mo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral Service: 1 p.m., Friday, June 28, 2013, at the Hamilton Baptist Church.

Visitation: Thursday, June 27, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.

Interment: Phares Cemetery, Braymer, Missouri.

Memorials: The Hamilton Baptist Church for Women's Mission Work.
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