Raydiah "Ray Ray" Charleta Anderson

Raydiah Charleta Anderson was born on July 7, 1973, at Providence Hospital in Seattle, Washington. Her arrival was at 7:57a.m. on a Saturday, to the union of Ray C. Anderson and Sandra V. Anderson (Dunn). She remained their only child.

Raydiah was christened at Spruce St. SDA Church and later baptized. She was born and raised in the Central District's Madrona Neighborhood. At an early age she had natural artistic abilities. She embraced every art program and class that she was enrolled in. Her talent was admired and utilized in some of the schools and programs she attended.

She was a very athletic in her youth and loved Madrona Park and Madrona Beach, just loved being outside, she ran track, played baseball, soccer, basketball, roller skated, and skateboarded into her teen years. She even wanted to try football. She learned to swim as a baby and became an excellent swimmer and had a passion for it throughout her life. She also continued biking through some of her adult years.

Raydiah was outgoing, smart, had an infectious smile, and a very adventurous spirit. She gravitated to all types of people and loved to travel and read. She always reached out to help someone in need, she was a wealth of resources.

She attended a combination of private and public schools, in Seattle and Kirkland, and worked after school, while attending Nathan Hale High School. She worked a few summers in a Friend’s Village in Alaska. The majority of her high school years were at Nathan Hale. In her last year she gave birth to her son, her only child, La’Quan Anderson-Ridenour. She was determined and transferred to John Marshall where she could take her baby and complete her studies. She graduated and received her diploma. She continued her education in Oregon, in Job Corp’s Culinary Arts Program, which she graduated from. She went on to North Seattle College’s Culinary Arts Program and graduated from there, her specialty being international cooking. She came from a long line of great cooks and began cooking at a very young age, she loved to cook and whatever she cooked was amazing.

Raydiah worked in various restaurants, and other food venues in the greater Seattle area, until she had to stop due to health issues. She would say that some of her favorite workplaces were 13 Coins, The Cafe in the Seattle Times Building, and Kidd Valley in Lower Queen Anne.

She loved her family and friends, she’s Sandra Dunn’s daughter, loved unconditionally, forever and always. Her spirit now dwells in the Heavens with God Almighty. She will be laid to rest near her grandparents that loved her and that she loved so dearly: Velma B. and Willie B. Dunn, and Francis M. Anderson and with many other family members that have been laid to rest at Evergreen-Washelli.