Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, at Bernadotte Lutheran Church in Bernadotte. Pastor Bob Miner will officiate. Burial will follow in the Bernadotte Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be 9-11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, at Bernadotte Lutheran Church.

To leave an online condolence for the family, or to sign the guestbook, please visit: www.mvfh.org.

Neva was born in rural Winthrop, Minnesota, on March 27, 1929, to Anton and Ida (Lundgren) Anderson. She was the youngest of Anton Anderson’s nine children. She attended Country School No. 46 in Alfsborg Township and graduated from Winthrop High School in 1947, attending Bernadotte Lutheran Church in rural Lafayette. Neva idolized her older sister, Ethel, and was determined to work in business as Ethel did, so following her high school graduation, she enrolled at American Business College in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On April 28, 1950, Neva met her husband, Vern, and they were united in marriage on July 14, 1951, at Grace Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota. After Vern completed his education at the School of Agriculture in St. Paul, Minnesota, Neva and Vern moved to Neva’s parents’ farm in rural Winthrop to begin farming. She encouraged an atmosphere of learning for her children as she inspired them to explore and use their imagination in activities on the farm. In addition to their own children, Neva and Vern opened their home as foster parents. They wintered first in Florida and then in Mesa, Arizona, until 2017. Neva loved their Valle del Oro community, taking classes and walking through the community to visit with neighbors, as well as serving as a welcome guide for the community. Neva was active in many service organizations, including 4-H and the Rural Welfare Club; and she taught Sunday School at both Grace Lutheran Church in Mankato and at Bernadotte Lutheran Church, where she was a Luther League leader. Neva also enjoyed singing and was a member of the Bernadotte Lutheran Church choir and multiple glee clubs. Neva enjoyed learning about her Swedish roots. Vern and Neva explored Sweden to visit and research their ancestral roots. They also traveled throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Panama and Israel.

Neva is survived by her daughter, Nancy Rubischko of Lafayette, Minnesota; son and daughter-in-law, David and Terese Paulson of Bloomington, Minnesota; grandson, Justin Niebuhr and his wife, Jenna and great-grandchildren, Leah and Lora of St. Charles, Missouri; granddaughter, Tricia Lancaster, her husband Mark and great-grandchildren Mackenzie, Eleanor, Coraline and Josephine of Northfield, Minnesota; grandson, Jared Niebuhr, his fiancé, Kalei Gaines, and her daughter, Leuiana Hayman of Minnetonka, Minnesota; grandson, Stephen Paulson of Richfield, Minnesota; and grandson, Erik Paulson of Albany, New York; brother, Charles Merton Anderson; and many nieces and nephews.

Neva was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 70 years, Vern Paulson; her parents, Ida and Anton Anderson; son-in-law, Thomas Rubischko; brothers and sisters-in-law, Clifford (Martha) and Marvin (Lillian); sisters and husbands, Frances (Albert), Helen (Victor), Ethel (Leo), Harriet and Mathilda; sisters-in-law, Darlene and nephew Curtis, Florance (Earl) (Alan) and nephew Arvin, brothers-in-law, Leonard (Doris), Harry, Lloyd (Beverly).

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