Jeanne Anderson Fistedis passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Raynham, Massachusetts. She was born on January 25, 1932, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to William Lucius Anderson, Jr. of Wilkinsburg, PA and his wife, Adelene Sophie Buehn Anderson of Philadelphia, PA.

Jeanne is the great-great-great granddaughter of Captain Enoch Anderson who served in Colonel

David Hall's Regiment under Commander George Washington at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during

the Revolutionary War.

Jeanne grew up on the family farm, called Will-Adel Farm, in Hummelstown, PA with her brothers, Robert Buehn Anderson and James Galbraith Anderson. As a dairy farm of 100 acres, it produced and sold milk to the Hershey Chocolate Company. Jeanne's father, as Director of Civil Aeronautics for Pennsylvania, instructed his children to fly. Jeanne earned her driver's license and pilot license in the same year, at age 16.

When Jeanne's mother died young, Jeanne was educated at a Pennsylvania Quaker boarding school, called Westtown. Later she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Of note, in 1944, Stephens College introduced the first aviation program for women. While in Missouri, she traveled from college to her home in Philadelphia, PA by a Cessna four-seater; and along the way would drop off another student in Pittsburgh.

At Stephens College she met her future husband, Stanley H. Fistedis, now deceased. They married in December 1953, and moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where their daughter, Adelene, was born. Later, their son, William Anderson Fistedis was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. Still later, Jeanne and her husband built a house in Park Ridge, Illinois, outside of Chicago.

Jeanne was a devoted member of St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Des Plaines, Illinois. She worked the Church Festival for many years. She also made "Prosphora" bread for the church's weekly Holy Communion. She sang soprano in the church choir for more than three decades, while her son, Bill, now deceased, was the church organist. She also sang with the Pan-Orthodox Choir at venues throughout the Midwest. She volunteered at a local food pantry for many years where she was known as the "Rice Lady" measuring out portions of rice for people in need.

Jeanne was a great adventurer. She traveled all seven continents, including Antarctica, twice! A favorite hobby of Jeanne's was photography. She applied her photographic skills wherever she traveled and always came home with amazing photos and stories to tell. However, her favorite place to visit was Greece, the homeland of her husband. Jeanne and her husband visited her in-laws in Athens on many occasions. Fortunately, prior to her husband's unexpected passing, she and Stan spent many months circumnavigating the globe by ocean liner, the QE2.

Jeanne is survived by her daughter, Adelene Fistedis Ellenberg, son-in-law, Dale Ellenberg, her grandchildren, Robert Ellenberg, married to Trishana Ellenberg and Stacy Ellenberg Chowdhury married to Aqib Chowdhury, and her four nieces.

A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, May 25, 2025, 2-5pm at Russell & Pica Funeral Home, 441 S. Main St, West Bridgewater.

A funeral service will be held at St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Des Plaines, IL on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 10am. A burial at the Elmwood Cemetery in River Grove, IL will follow at 11am. All our welcome to join us at The Elmcrest Banquets in Elmwood Park, IL at noon immediately following.

In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to the American Heart Association.