Hastings resident, Fumiko I. Anderson, 77, died on Friday, November 25, 2011 at Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare, Hastings, Nebraska.

Services will be Tuesday, November 29, 2011; 2:00 P.M. at Butler Volland Chapel, Hastings with Rev. Cindy Karges officiating. Burial will be Wednesday, November 30, 2011; 10:30 A.M. in Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 29, 2011; 10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to Heartland Pet Connection.

Fumiko was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 31, 1933; her parents were Sitwo and Awathee (Itye) Ichikawa. Fumiko had two sisters, Yaeko and Tokiko and one brother Masuo. Fumiko’s family had a hard time during WWII when Tokyo was bombed and their home was destroyed twice; she was 9 years old and hungry. She would talk about going a week without anything to eat, only water to drink. She never wanted to feel those terrible hunger pains again or her family to feel them. After the war was over she dreamed of coming to America as she thought all American’s were rich and lived in big houses with swimming pools. She got the chance to come to America with her friends James and Sugi Miagishima who worked for the US Army. They came to Alamogordo, New Mexico where they worked for the Air Force at Holloman AFB. She got a job at the cafeteria on the base. This is when she met George Anderson. Their first date was July 13, 1958; they were married October 31, 1958. On August 6, 1959 their daughter (Irene) was born. Shortly after Irene’s birth George was transferred to Germany. Fumiko and Irene joined George when family housing was arranged. While George was serving in the Air Force, Fumiko learned to cook a dish from the area they were stationed. Fumiko was a homemaker who loved being a mother, grandmother and great grandmother. They moved to Hastings in 1994. She enjoyed cooking, shopping, sewing and was proud to be an Air Force wife and an American citizen. She was loyal to her family and friends. She loved having her grandchildren and great grandsons come to visit. Fumiko enjoyed meeting her coffee friends at Allen’s espresso bar.

Fumiko was preceded in death by her parents; and brother, Masuo Ichikawa

Survivors include:
Husband: George L. Anderson – Hastings, NE
Daughter & Son-in-law: Irene Dillin & Jeff Kirkpatrick – Hastings, NE
Grandchildren & Spouse: Walter & Penny Worlein – Silver Creek, NE
    Bobby Worlein – Fremont, NE
    Nikki Dillin – Hastings, NE
Great-Grandchildren: Dominic Worlein
    Brayden Worlein
    Kamdin Worlein
Sisters: Yaeko Ichikawa – Tokyo, Japan
    Tokiko Yagi – Ome, Japan
Sister-in-law: Kimiko Ichikawa – Tokyo, Japan