Elsie Anderson

Elsie Anderson of Riverhead, formerly of Greenport, died Nov. 13, 2024, in Jamesport. She was 91.

Born in Greenport Oct. 15, 1933, she was the daughter of Erick Schelin and Elsa Hand, and graduated from Greenport High School. She married Edward Anderson July 7, 1951, and had worked as a babysitter, in the office at Coster Heppner Funeral Home and as a ward clerk at Central Suffolk Hospital.

Ms. Anderson was a member and former president of the Jamesport Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. Family said she enjoyed sewing, cooking, photography, spending time with family and selling World Books. She took a trip to Sweden in 2005.

Predeceased by her husband in 2004, as well as by brothers Roy and Lenny and half-sister Lillian, Ms. Anderson is survived by her children, Edward (Frances), Robert (Joanie), Janice (James) and David (Karen); her sisters Eleanor Smith and Barbara Kettering; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Visiting hours were held Nov. 17 at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead. A funeral Mass was celebrated Nov. 18 at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead. Burial followed at the church cemetery. 

Memorial donations to East End Hospice are requested.

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