Grace Wahnita Anderson, 77, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2025.
Wahnita grew up on the Wylie dairy farm in Seaman, Ohio, where she learned the values of hard work, faith, and family. One of three daughters, she worked like the son her parents never had-helping to put up hay, milk cows, and raise crops.
She met the love of her life, William F. “Bill” Anderson, and they were married in August 1968, beginning a lifelong partnership filled with devotion, humor, and steadfast love. Wahnita graduated from the Deaconess School of Nursing in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1969 and dedicated her life to caring for others. Throughout her long nursing career, she served as a surgical nurse, emergency room nurse, home health care nurse, and as the director of nursing at a nursing home. Even after reti

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