Barbara Letitia Anderson

Barbara Letitia (Taverner) Anderson, 82, died Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at Feather River Hospital.
Born April 13, 1923, to Archibald and Elizabeth Taverner in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
In 1941, she married Edward Gillespie, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force. She was widowed in 1942. The couple had one daughter.
In 1948, she married Gordon Anderson. While her husband attended medical school in Winnipeg, the couple had two sons. In 1953 they moved to the United States. While living in Powers Lake, N.D., they had a third son. The same year, they moved to Harvey, N.D.
In 1960, the Andersons moved to San Clemente, Calif. Mrs. Anderson founded the Coral Key Thrift Shop, a nonprofit resale shop that raised funds for the Child Guidance Clinic, which took care of disturbed children from San Clemente to Newport Beach.
She was a charter member of St. Andrews By The Sea Methodist Church and taught Sunday school for many years. She was an active member of P.E.O. since 1964.
In 1964, the Andersons adopted a daughter.
In 1977 they moved to Paradise. She continued to be active with the United Methodist Church and P.E.O., and served as president of the Butte-Glenn Medical Auxiliary.
In 1988, the couple moved to Maui, Hawaii, and returned to California in 2000.
Mrs. Anderson was an avid bridge player, and belonged to several bridge organizations.
She dearly loved her family and her pets, which, over the years, included dogs, cats, goats, horses, ducks, chickens and peacocks. Her family said she will be remembered for her bright smile, her gracious manner, her quick laugh and her love of people.
Mrs. Anderson was preceded in death by her first husband, her parents and a sister, Mary.
She is survived by her husband, Dr. Gordon Anderson; her daughter, Dr. Barbara E.M. Hammond and son-in-law, Alexander Hammond, of Pullman, Wash.; her sons Geoffrey, Andrew and Clayton and his wife, Ioani, all of Paradise; daughter Lorena Anderson of Merced; grandchildren Alec Hammond of Los Angeles, Elizabeth Hammond of Mexico; Kristin Anderson of Orange County; Juliana Anderson and Lehrina Anderson, both of Colorado and Tavy and Pelep Anderson, both of Paradise; her sisters, Florence Peterson of Toronto, Canada, and Bess Beazley of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; three great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the United Methodist Church in Paradise. In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Anderson requested donations be sent to the Butte Humane Society or the Paradise Animal Shelter.
Newton Bracewell Mortuary in Magalia is handling arrangements