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Victor Francis Anderson |
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November 21, 1934 ~ June 1, 2015 |
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June 5, 2015 |
 Victor
Anderson passed away on June 1, 2015 at the
Community Restorium, he would have celebrated
his 81st birthday on November 21 of this year.
Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, June
6, at 4:00 p.m. in the Church of the Nazarene,
near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
His parents, Karl and Louise Anderson and his
wife of 51 years, Beverly Anderson, were there
to greet him when he arrived in heaven.
Victor was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and
raised in Peabody, Massachusetts along with his
older brother Carl. The brothers were
high-spirited to say the least, and Victor loved
to share stories about the mischief that they
got into.
He met Beverly when he was 16 while they were
both working for the same catering company.
There was another boy interested in her, and
they vied for her attention by delivering
milkshakes and ice cream cones to her desk.
Victor won her heart and they married in July of
1955.
They raised their two children, Richard and
Bethany, in a house on a hill that they bought
before it was built, and stayed there until
moving to Naples, Idaho in 2001. Victor was a
milkman, delivering milk for HP Hood & Son. He
had many stories to share of his time delivering
milk in the North Shore of Massachusetts. He was
a long time Scout Leader in Troop 22 of St Pius
Church in Lynn and a member of the Lynn Public
School Senior Band Boosters, where he had a
positive and happy influence on many young
people.
He was a proud Papa, quick to point out his
grandchildren in a crowd to anyone and everyone.
Among all his grandchildren he was known as a
master of fried dough and jokes designed to make
them blush and laugh and they never suffered
overmuch from being told again and again. If he
didn’t have a grandchild nearby at the moment he
would just tell stories about how wonderful his
grandchildren were. He had a sweet smile.
He leaves behind his son Richard and
daughter-in-law- Rebecca of Platte City,
Missouri, their children, Elizabeth (Hurst) and
Her spouse Chase, Ralph (step) and Cassandra
(step) and four great grand Children, Conner
(step), Cate (step), Briggs and Alexis. He also
leaves his daughter, Bethany (Cavender) and
son-in law Wayne of Bonners Ferry, their
children Bailey, Chloe and Tucker and his
brother Carl Anderson.
One of the highlights of his later life was
“going to soup” at the Naples Fire Hall on
Friday afternoons. The ladies used to joke that
they couldn’t start serving until Vic got there
and they always had an extra cookie or two for
him to take home, because of the joy that this
simple community meal was in his life, we ask
that instead of flowers, donation be made to
Soup’s On of Naples, c/o Linda Cromwell, 271
Green Pasture Road, Naples, Idaho 83847 |
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