FRISCO, TX – Anna Katharine Edens Gaudreau, 89, passed away January 17, 2013 in Frisco, Texas, following a long battle with dementia. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Graveside, Thursday, January 24, 2013, in Magnolia Cemetery in Latta, SC, beside her parents. Kannaday Funeral Home in Latta, SC is assisting the family.
Mrs. Gaudreau was born in Spartanburg, SC, December 17, 1923, the daughter of the late Alfred Reese and Christine Edens. She was a graduate of Coker College and a elementary school teacher prior to joining, and retiring from the Charles Stark Draper Research Laboratory at the Massachusetts Instute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts as a Technical Writer and Researcher. For many years she loved to travel and visit historical sites and museums. She was a voracious reader and managed to amass a large collection of books covering wide and varied topics. Among her other many loves was walking on the beaches of the region and collecting seashells.
She is survived by her son Phillip Gaudreau and his wife, Patricia, of Frisco, TX; Grandson, Donald Gaudreau and his wife, Renee, of Powell, Ohio; granddaughter Jeannine Gaudreau and her husband Thomas Milius of Groveland, Massachusetts, and their mother Jaqueline; great-grandchildren, Adam and Abiygale Gaudreau and their mother Sharon; great-grandchildren, Grace and Julia Milius; and many other family and friends.
You may sign the online guestbook at www.kannadayfuneralhome.com.
