Lynn Ann Anderson (Schmedemann), born on December 14, 1948, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2024, surrounded by her loved ones at Good Shepherd Homecare & Hospice in Manhattan. Her life was defined by a strong Christian faith and a deep love for her family, friends, and neighbors. It is difficult to capture all the wonderful things she accomplished in her time here on earth, but her legacy will continue to touch many lives.
Lynn grew up in rural Dwight, KS and was a graduate of Dwight High School. She married John Heublein and together the two of them raised what Lynn called her greatest blessing from the union - a daughter, Dawn, and a son, David. In 1995, John and Lynn divorced.
Lynn earned her Registered Nurse (RN) degree from Stormont Vail School of Nursing in 1968 and later received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Marymount College in Salina in 1989. Throughout her career, she dedicated herself to caring for others, working most of her professional career in the Salina area as a nurse at the Salina-Saline County Health Department and USD 305 as a school nurse. After a long career of service, she retired as a school nurse from USD 475. Her kindness and compassion made a lasting impact on her colleagues, students, and the many lives she touched.
Around 1997, Lynn met her soulmate, Ronald Anderson, when she asked him to start a colt for her. Thus began the greatest of love stories, and in 2000, Lynn and Ron were married in the mountains of Colorado on horseback - and muleback! For many years they would travel the countryside going on different trail rides and riding clinics, riding whenever they could. Together, they retired from their professions to begin a new one together: running the ranch that had been in her family for decades, working cattle, driving them on horseback, and sharing the daily responsibilities of tending to livestock. This partnership was a true testament to their love and dedication to each other.
Lynn is preceded in death by her parents, Orville and Elizabeth Schmedemann; her son, David Heublein; and her son-in-law, Steven Rohrer. She is survived by her husband, Ronald Anderson of the home; Dawn Rohrer of Salina, sister, Gail (Dale) Williamson, grandsons Cooper and Soren, Step-son Jack (Sara), niece Amy (Scott) and their daughters, Mackenzie, Elizabeth, and Alexandra, of Stuttgart, Germany; her daughter-of-her-heart, Ruth Ann Zimmer of Hays, and her sisters-in-law Carolyn, Sharon, and Linda, of Oklahoma, and many cousins. Lynn leaves behind a legacy of love, faith, and understanding. She lived her life by the commandment to "love thy neighbor" and exemplified kindness and generosity in all she did.
She will be dearly missed by all who knew her, but her spirit will live on in the hearts of her family, friends, and all those whose lives she touched. There will be a Celebration of Life next spring, her favorite season, as Lynn wants family and friends to remember the good times and not the sad ones. She also requested that in lieu of a memorial to simply do something kind for someone else.