Sunrise: February 19,1942
Sunset: February 17, 2024
And now the end is here and so I face that final curtain, my friend I’ll make it clear I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain I’ve lived a life that’s full I traveled each and every highway and more, much more I did it, I did it my way. Regrets, I’ve had a few, But then again too few to mention, I did what I had to do, I saw it through without exemption, I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway. And more, much, much more, I did it, I did it my way.
Yes, there were times I’m sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew, but through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out, I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way, for what is a man, what has he got? If not himself then he has naught, not to say the things that he truly feels, and not the words of someone who kneels, let the record shows I took all the blows and did it my way.
With deep sorrow, the Andersson, Cooper, Tumu, Marquis, Gardiner, and Cummings families announce the sudden home-going of our beloved wife, mother, sister, cousin, aunt, grandmother, great grandmother, and family matriarch. This sad event occurred on Saturday, February 17, 2024, in Rhode Island, USA
She is survived by her children: Henrietta Andersson-Patterson (Ervin), Michael J. Andersson (Guerline), Jacqueline Andersson-Arnold (Bruce), Francis George Andersson, and foster son Marvin Leabon (Fanta). Also grieving her loss are her grandchildren: Eean Bradley Patterson, Michelle Jamile Andersson, Katalina Patterson (Dillon), Michael Jordan Andersson, Maya Jenee Andersson, Zaharra Andersson, Ciara J. Arnold, and her great-grandson, Brandon Jordan Andersson.
In addition, she is mourned by her remaining siblings: Mrs. Angelique Cooper Jones, Mrs. P. Teplah Tumu-Reeves, Mrs. Jestina Tumu-Johnson, Mrs. Wiatta Tumu-Weeks, Mrs. Welleh Tumu-Blay, Mrs. Victoria Tumu-Thomas, Mr. Urias Tumu, Mr. James H.R. Cooper (Evita) (cousin), and Mrs. Harriet Melita Cooper-Cummings (cousin), along with numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends both in the United States and around the world. Also mourning her loss is her only surviving Aunt, Annie Cooper-Marquis.
Preceding her in death were her husband John Pedro Andersson, mothers Mrs. Conwree Zekeh Tumu and Florence E.M. Brown-Cooper (aunty), and fathers Mr. Henry Jenkins Roosevelt Cooper and James H. R. Cooper Sr. (uncle), as well as eleven of her siblings: Mrs. Eugenia Cooper-Gardiner, Mr. Edwin Cooper Sr., Mr. Jenkins Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Mai Eliza Cooper-Horton, Mr. Boston Cooper, Mr. Roosevelt Cooper, Mr. Eugene Cooper Sr., Mr. Aldrich Cooper, Mrs. Magdeline Cooper-Johnson, Mrs. Jestina Thompson, and Mr. Francis B. Cooper. Additionally, her daughter-in-law Mrs. Letitia Smith-Andersson predeceased her.
Affectionately known as Mrs. Andersson, Bae-Lue, Mama Lue, Aunt Lue, Cousin Lue, she worked in the banking sector in Liberia before retiring and working in the retail merchandising sector in the US.
Wake keeping:
Friday, March 1, 2024: 18:00 – 21:00
Bell Funeral Home, Inc
571 Broad Street
Providence, RI 02907
Bellfuneralhome.net
401.331.0200
Cell: 401. 524.3210
Funeral Service:
Saturday, March 2, 2024: 10:00AM – 11:00AM
Saint Michael Church
239 Oxford Street
Providence, RI 02905
401-781-7210
Interment:
Pawtuxet Memorial Park, INC
100 Harrison Avenue,
Warwick, RI 02888
401.781.4600
Celebration of life reunion
Contacts:
Henrietta Andersson-Patterson (Daughter)
Michael J. Andersson (Son) 732-470-8841
Jacqueline Andersson-Arnold (Daughter) 401-742-4519
Francis Andersson (Son)
Angelina Cooper Jones (Sister) 301-990-2513
Teplah Tumu-Reeves (Sister) +231 (0) 886 2300 14
Lydia Cooper (Neice) (646) 479-5386
Airport:
Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport (PVD)
Hotels in the area:
Hilton
Hampton Inn
Best Western
Marriot
