Billie Joan Anderson Falk, 80, Atchison, Kansas, died Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Atchison Hospital.

Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 10:00 AM at St. Benedict’s Church with Fr. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant.  Burial will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  A parish rosary will be recited on Wednesday, July 27, at 6:00 PM in the chapel of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with visitation to follow until 7:30 PM.  The family asks that friends come dressed in golf attire to the visitation and funeral. Memorial contributions are suggested to Maur Hill-Mount Academy and may be left in care of the funeral home.  Online condolences may be left at www.arensbergpruett.com.

Joan was born on January 7, 1936 to Dr. Winston L Anderson and Ethel Honora Mullins Anderson in Atchison, Kansas.  She attended St. Benedict’s Grade School, Mount St. Scholastica Academy and Benedictine College.  

She and Wm. H. Falk were united in marriage on August 8, 1959 at St. Benedict’s Church in Atchison.  Mr. Falk preceded her in death on November 24, 1992.  

Joan worked as a manager at Snow Creek Ski Resort for thirty years in the food service; she also worked as a book keeper.  She coached golf at Benedictine College and  

She was an avid golfer and a member of Bellevue Country Club.  She served as the President of the Bellevue Country Club Women’s Golf Association, she was a USGA rules official and a committee member of the Kansas Women’s Golf Association.  She was a lifelong member of St. Benedict’s Parish in Atchison.  

Survivors include a daughter, Evelyn Falk (Richard McDonald), Monument, CO, two sons, Tim Falk (Carolyn Brooks), Atchison, KS, Patrick (Jennifer) Falk, Atchison, KS , two brothers, Winston L. Anderson II, M.D., San Luis Obispo, CA, Charles Anderson, two sisters, Geraldine Anderson Blair, Lawrence, KS, Elizabeth Anderson Johnson, Atchison, KS, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.