Olivia Lynn Anderson

Olivia Lynn Anderson, 11, Topeka, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at St. Louis Children's Hospital after a courageous battle with Pulmonary Hypertension.

Livi was born October 11, 2003 in Topeka, the daughter of Todd and Suzannah (Bradshaw) Anderson. She was a 5th grade student at Bishop Elementary School.
She was active in Helen Hocker Theater and danced at Center Stage Dance World and Dorothy Thomas School of Dance and Theatre Arts. Olivia loved attending Back to Nature Camp every summer. Her passions were animals, arts and crafts, all things fashionable, shopping, and spending time with her family and friends, especially her big brother Eli.

Survivors include her parents; brother, Eli Anderson; half-sister Carol Jean Anderson of Lancaster, CA; grandmothers, Lynn Bradshaw and Norma Jean Anderson; grandfather, Walt Bradshaw, all of Topeka; and great-grandmothers, Maxine Sutherland, Topeka, and Irene Bradshaw, St. Joseph, MO. She was preceded in death by her great-grandfathers, John Sutherland and Joseph Eugene Bradshaw.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Penwell-Gabel Southwest Chapel, 3700 SW Wanamaker Road. Private family inurnment will be at a later date. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Robyn Barst Pediatric Research Program (PHA).

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