ANDERSEN, Bebe Yvonne

1932 - 2021  (88 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	ANDERSEN, Bebe Yvonne
  Birth	29 Mar 1932	Carterton, Master, New Zealand
  Gender	Female
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  _TAG	Temple
  Burial	Jan 2021
  Death	2 Jan 2021	New Castle, New South Wales, Australia
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  Person ID	I718	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family	WRIGHT, William Hale ,   b. 12 May 1931, Nabiac, New South Wales, Australia Nabiac, New South Wales, Australiad. 2 Aug 2010, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	17 May 1952	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1 son and 2 daughters
  + 1. Living   2. Living + 3. Living
  Family ID	F460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Biography: Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. ANCESTRY AND POSTERITY OF JOSEPH SMITH AND EMMA HALE. Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1929, 1958. [FHL SPECIAL 929.273 Sm51am] Database compiled by Michael Kennedy of Alpine, UT., Pres. Joseph Smith, Jr. Family Organization. Australian sources state that she was born in New Zealand. Other sources state she was born in New South Wales, Australia. Family records of Marian Inez Ballard, Argents Hill via Bowraville, NSW, Australia. OBIT: Bebe Yvonne Andersen was born in Carterton New Zealand the youngest of three children, a little sister to Richard and Sybil. She spent only one year of life there, emigrating to Castlereagh, NSW, Australia with her family. The years of life at Castlereagh she retold with delight in memories wistful genre of the orange orchards, the mysterious missing circus wild cats and the electrical storms that embraced their home with power in the summers of those years. Her school, Castlereagh Public and local Anglican church were just a few miles away, where she walked and attended the dance halls of her teenage years. Old black and white photos reveal a wealthy upper class life of fashionable womens attire, as her father, Richard Christian Andersen was an excellent business man, with a fruit delivery business into the Blue Mountains. Her beauty was in her petite facial form, graceful figure and lovely soft hair, that framed her pretty face. Schooling was at a womens college until the age of 15 whence she commenced work in the family fruit shop. As time progressed my father, William Hale Wright, caught the attention of my mother at the dance hall and they swiftly married and honeymooned on a motorbike all the way to Queensland. My mother was highly creative in cooking, sewing and loved to discuss the various stories of the Second World War as in those years, her father pinned a world map to the kitchen wall revealing the advancement of the various armies throughout Europe. She often told me of having to build trenches at school and hang black out curtains on the windows in their home in Western Sydney. The era of the 1950's and 1960's and 1970's remains in my mind of the home life my mother created with lovely meals, supportive school parenting and keeping us in close contact with our cousins and grandmother who lived locally. Afternoon teas on Saturdays were always a children's treat with such a large selection of home made cakes and cups of tea. Of this I learnt to cook well. As my father adored the ocean and fishing, camping and adventure, my mother adapted to the vast range of activities that encircled our family life as each school break we travelled away to the coast for exciting times in close confines in our caravan life together. Merimbula, Taree and Woolgoolga were the favourite beach side venues. Sweet memories as a child were running through the freshy washed white sheets laughing in happiness to just be with my mother, to hear her laugh and see her beautiful smile. We holidayed in New Zealand as an extended family and that too was most amazing, enjoying the closeness of three generations travelling in a car around my grandfather's home country. In 1976 our family travelled together to the USA for a 30 day holiday and I always remember this most memorable visual period of discovering the beauty and intrigue of this country. My mother was a woman of the Christian faith and ensured we attended classes and religious activities from a young age, to provide us with strong morals and a secure framework of Biblical teaching. She even visited Israel and had a tree planted there in her support of the growth of the country, Bebe, as my siblings and I affectionately called her in our adult years, always provided sweets in a special drawer, for late night television watching, with chocolate biscuits, and her home cooked roast lamb Sunday lunches were a speciality, when we watched the Disney midday movies. The home made apple pie pastries with custard were completely the best I have ever tasted. As an avid reader, I always believed she was a highly observant and literate woman, our conversations were animated and interesting. She also excelled in golf as my father of 0 handicap for 30 years, coached her stating she had a good strong drive. As I write these words of happy memories, tears well in my eyes and emotion fills my heart as now she has left this earthly life to journey into her eternal destiny. It was on 2 January 2021, the year the pandemic came, the great wave of illness, to wave my mother goodbye. Bebe Yvonne Andersen, I thank you for the rich happiness of womanly virtues you endowed within me, your commitment to the Queen of England, your respect for Vladimir Putin and your homeland of Danmark live on through my words and art. May all the sweetness of peace and a life well lived bless you for all time. Love your youngest daughter - Kristine Jennifer Wright - Christine Melody Andersen