Kelly Brooke Anderson

July 25, 1980 - March 29, 2012
ELKHART - Our beloved Kelly Brooke Anderson, whose joyful smile brightened our world, joined her Heavenly Father in glory on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at Indiana University Health Goshen. Only 31 years old, Kelly fought a long and courageous battle against breast cancer. She was born on July 25, 1980, in South Bend. She had been employed as a Patient Access Representative at Goshen Hospital for 3 years, where she received the Goshen MacAdemy Award for Operational Transformation. Survivors include her mother, Nancy Burkus Anderson of Elkhart, IN; her father, Douglas (Mary Wehr) Anderson of South Bend, IN; three sisters, Sharon, Victoria and Rebecca Anderson, all of South Bend, IN; brother, Douglas (Christine Nyers) Anderson of South Bend, IN; grandparents, William and Leona Burkus of South Bend, IN, Sandra Dahlke of South Bend, IN, Dean and Carole Anderson of Granger, IN, and Mary I. Wehr of South Bend, IN; and her niece and nephew, Elizabeth and Bradley Anderson. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in Clay Church. Friends and family may call from 2 until 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend, IN, and for one hour prior to services at Clay Church. Kelly was a 1999 graduate of LaSalle High School. She received her Associate Degree from Davenport College. Kelly was a member of National Alpha Lambda Delta; Clay Youth Ministry trip to Kentucky; Support Small Group at Community Church of Waterford; an active member in multiple Breast Cancer Survivor Groups; spokesperson for the Borden Waste-Away Pink Cart Campaign; and was also a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. Memorial contributions may be made to the Goshen Cancer Survivors Network (www.goshenfundforexcellence.org). To send online condolences, please visit Kaniewski.com.