On August 24, 1925 in Mounds, Oklahoma, Imogene Margie Anderson was born and the world instantly became a better place.
Grandma attended several schools throughout her childhood, as her dad was a sharecropper. She said, “It was always fun wondering what the next house would be like.” Her time at school include a love of math, playing on the basketball team and having exactly two free piano lessons where she learned the location of middle C.
Her Mounds graduating class of 1943 only consisted of 15 classmates. Having only 15 classmates explains why she would go to Hectorville with friends on Sunday afternoon to watch the boys play baseball and flirt with them.
After graduation she rented an apartment with her best friend and they went to work in Sapulpa making coveralls for servicemen. Imogene said it was kind of like a “Lavern and Shirley” show.
She met her husband Bert at a dance and they were married shortly after July 1945. They lived in Tulsa where they had three children; Jimmy, Randy and Pam, whom she loves with all her heart and is very proud of.
Imogene eventually returned to Mounds to take care of her Mom and ended up staying.
After moving back to Mounds, she began working at the Mounds Senior Citizens and it was a job she greatly loved. She was also very fortunate to have found love a second time with Coy Stinnett whom she loved and we were very blessed to have known.
Her life was filled with six grandkids, thirteen great grandkids and one great great grandchild. She was very much a part of their lives and was full of praise for each of them.
When health issues became issue in her life, she took them in stride and continually proved the doctors wrong. A big part of that can be contributed to her attitude. She was not a complainer and had an attitude we should all try to mimic. She had a very full life with many ups and downs and she persevered through them all.
We are thankful that she was a Christian and we know without a doubt that she is with her Father in Heaven. No more illness, no more dialysis, just enjoying the treasures she has stored in Heaven.