This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anders, Elkins, Rogers, Buell, Money, Blankenship Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1593 Message Board Post: Mrs. Barbara H. Anders of Hastings, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2000 at Battle Creek Health System. Barb's life began on March 23, 1942 in West Virginia, the daughter of Russell and Bertha Elkins. When she was 13 she came with her family to Orangeville Township where she lived for many years. Barb lived in the Detroit area from 1960 to 1983 when she returned to the area and lived near Hastings for 10 years. She enjoyed selling Tupperware and being a homemaker and liked knitting, sewing, shopping, taking car rides and visiting parks. Barb was a member of the Church of God in Hastings. She loved her children and her family was important in her life. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, James A. Rogers; a sister, Phyllis Buell; two brothers, Russell Elkins, Jr. and Roger Elkins. Barb is survived by her husband, William D. Anders; her children, Jeffrey R. Rogers, Joel W. Rogers, Joseph M. Rogers and Jeremy R. Rogers; her former husband, Gerald Rogers; siste! rs and brothers, Ruth Money, Charles Elkins, Robert Elkins, Jackie Blankenship, Jerry Elkins, Jim Elkins, Kenneth Elkins, Danny Elkins, David Elkins, Rickey Elkins and Johnny Elkins; seven grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; two step-great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. A celebration of Life Service for Mrs. Anders was held on Wednesday, March 29. 2000 at Pentacostal Church of Orangeville. Mike Risner and Rich Sheldon lead the service. Burial was in the family plot at Oak Hill Cemetery in Orangeville. Please share a memory of Barb with the family online at www.rdmg.com. Arrangements were made by the Rupert, Durham, Marshall & Gren Funeral Home, Plainwell Chapel. (The Hastings Reminder - Tuesday, April 4, 2000) Transcriber has no family connection.