Editing Signe Toly Anderson (section)

=== Death ===

Anderson's husband Michael Alois Ettlin died at 62 on February 21, 2011. Anderson died at her home in Beaverton, Oregon, at the age of 74 on January 28, 2016, from the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).  Her passing coincided with that of founding Jefferson Airplane singer-guitarist Paul Kantner, who also died that day at age 74. 

She is survived by two children and three grandchildren. 

Former bandmate Jorma Kaukonen paid tribute on his blog, writing that Anderson had been "our den mother in the early days of the Airplane… a voice of reason on more occasions than one… an important member of our dysfunctional little family."