Renita Anderes
Renita Anderes Obituary - Abilene, KS | Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home (martinbeckercarlson.com)
November 16, 1952 - May 9, 2021
Renita Joyce Anderes, age 68, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, May 9, 2021. She was born on November 16, 1952 to Robert and Betty (Lykken) Jamtgaard in Hawarden, IA. She was a 1971 graduate of North West Rankin High School in Grand Island, NE.
She was united in marriage to Ronald Anderes on March 9, 1985 in Ulysses, KS. Later they moved to Elmo, KS to reside on the family farm. As a farm wife she prepared many meals for the harvest field and helped wherever she was needed.
Nita worked for many years for the Farm Service Agency in Ulysses, Abilene, and eventually as chief program assistant at the Salina Office where she retired from. After retirement she worked part-time at Hairtiques in Abilene.
She was an active parishioner at St. Columba Catholic Church in Elmo, KS where she was active in the Ladies Altar Society as the treasurer and served on the parish council. She was also very active in her children’s activities where she coached her children in soccer and was involved in the Rural Center Ball Association and her children’s 4-H club. She rarely missed any of her children’s activities and sports. Renita also enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her father Robert Jamptgaard, her mother Betty Jamptgaard, and her son Michael Anderes.
She is survived by her husband of 36 years, Ronald Anderes; five children, Brian Rice, Dawn Keesee (Robert), Trina Adee (Ryan), Daniel Anderes (Abby) and Jim Anderes (Johanna); sisters Peggy Watson (Bruce), Jenise Weisser, and Roberta Winckler (Harlan); and 14 grandchildren and four grea-grandchildren.
There will be a rosary at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 13, followed by a visitation until 8:00 p.m. at the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home in Abilene. A mass of Christian burial will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 14, at St. Columba Catholic Church in Elmo with Father Peter O’Donnell as celebrant. Her final resting place will be in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery south of Elmo.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Columba Catholic Church or Hospice of Dickinson County and may be sent in care of the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home, 414 NW 3rd, Abilene, Kansas 67401.