Arthur Raymond Anderson Jr. (1931-2015)
ANDERSON, BERGEN, COOPER, HAUGE, GODDARD, PILLIOD, VENINGA, DANIELSON
Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 3/13/2015 at 20:57:25
From Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care obituary, Ames, Story County, Iowa:
Arthur Raymond Anderson Jr., age 83, died March 6, 2015 at Story County Senior Care in Nevada. A gathering of friends and family will be 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Monday, March 9, 2015 at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way in Ames. A mass of Christian burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, 30th and Hoover, Ames, Iowa. Burial will be at Ames Municipal Cemetery at a later date.
Art was born October 5, 1931 in Chicago, Il; the son of Arthur and Irene (Bergen) Anderson. He went to Loyola High School and then on to Loyola University graduating in mathematics and physics. Art married Rose Ann Cooper in 1955, in Ames, Iowa. The couple lived in Ames and he was employed at Ames Lab as a Junior Scientist under Harry Svec. In 1971, he went to work at Veterinary, Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology Department at Iowa State University as an Assistant Scientist until he retired in 1992. Art was an active member of St. Cecelia Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. He was also very active in the Boy Scouts of America in the Ames area, even serving on the Eagle board of review. He also worked at camp Mitigwa and attended Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, NM. During his years of service to the Boy Scouts of America he received numerous awards including the Order of the Arrow and the Silver Beaver Award. In addition to these activities he also enjoyed knot tying, codes and ciphers, working on computers and lock-smithing. He was an avid reader and enjoyed Sherlock Holmes, science fiction, and westerns. Art was very fond of cats and rescued many over the years.
Art is survived by his children, Patricia Anderson of Ann Arbor, MI; Michael Anderson of Nevada, IA; Amy (Brian) Hauge of Boone, IA; Mary Goddard of Ames, IA; David Anderson of Madison, WI; Peter (Jim) Pilliod of Santa Rosa, CA; four grandchildren, Zera Anderson, Luke Veninga, Scott (Megan) Hauge and Kristina (Alex) Danielson and six great grandchildren, Jake, Brayden, Carter, Nathaniel, Ethan and Liv.
He was preceded in death by his parents, infant sister, and son-in-law Michael Goddard.
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