In Memory Of
Melvin Anderson
1917
2013
Melvin Anderson
December 30, 1917 — July 31, 2013
MELVIN CASPER ANDERSON.
MELVIN CASPER ANDERSON WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 30, 1917 AT CODY, NEBRASKA TO CHARLES R. AND LYDIA E. ZIMMERMAN ANDERSON. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. AT THAT TIME THE FAMILY WAS LIVING ON HOMESTEADED LAND IN A SOD HOME, BUILT BY HIS FATHER. THE FAMILY MOVED SEVERAL TIMES, LIVING IN EDMONDS WASHINGTON FOR A WHILE AND ENDING UP IN THE HUDSON, FORT LUPTON, COLORADO AREA.
MELVIN WAS A SELF-MADE MAN WHO WORKED WHATEVER JOBS NEEDED TO BE DONE TO EARN A LIVING. AS A YOUNG MAN HE TRAVELED AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH HIS UNCLE DOING ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ETC. HE WORKED FOR CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FROM 1942 TO 1948 SERVING HIS COUNTRY BY GIVING MECHANICAL SUPPORT TO VITAL AIRCRAFT USED IN WORLD WAR II. HE WAS ALWAYS INVENTING EASIER WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH A HARD JOB.
IN 1941 HE MARRIED RUTH MONSON AND TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN, NANCY (STEELE), BARBARA (CLINE), CHARLES, AND KATHLEEN (DAY). MELVIN AND RUTH (LEE) BUILT A HOME IN STRASBURG IN 1949 AND MELVIN BEGAN HIS LIFE-LONG LOVE OF DRY-LAND FARMING NORTH OF STRASBURG. HE WAS AN AVID BOWLER AND BOATING ENTHUSIAST. HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS AND ORGANIZERS OF THE STRASBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS PROUD OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND STATED HE WOULD NOT CHANGE ANY CHOICE HE HAD MADE IN HIS LIFE.
MELVIN IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, ALL OF HIS SIBLINGS AND HIS WIFE OF 54 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR CHILDREN, GRANDSONS ANDY STEELE (JACKIE), KEVIN MANGOLD (ROCELLE- WILSON EVELYN, AND MARIBEL) JASON CLINE (HEATHER – ANDERSON AND LOCHLAN) TYLER ANDERSON AND GRANDAUGHTERS TRACY STEELE AND AMY BROWN (STEVE).
CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE STRASBURG FIRE AND RESCUE SQUAD, OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
To leave a special message for Melvin's family, please visit the guestbook below.
MELVIN CASPER ANDERSON WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 30, 1917 AT CODY, NEBRASKA TO CHARLES R. AND LYDIA E. ZIMMERMAN ANDERSON. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. AT THAT TIME THE FAMILY WAS LIVING ON HOMESTEADED LAND IN A SOD HOME, BUILT BY HIS FATHER. THE FAMILY MOVED SEVERAL TIMES, LIVING IN EDMONDS WASHINGTON FOR A WHILE AND ENDING UP IN THE HUDSON, FORT LUPTON, COLORADO AREA.
MELVIN WAS A SELF-MADE MAN WHO WORKED WHATEVER JOBS NEEDED TO BE DONE TO EARN A LIVING. AS A YOUNG MAN HE TRAVELED AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH HIS UNCLE DOING ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ETC. HE WORKED FOR CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FROM 1942 TO 1948 SERVING HIS COUNTRY BY GIVING MECHANICAL SUPPORT TO VITAL AIRCRAFT USED IN WORLD WAR II. HE WAS ALWAYS INVENTING EASIER WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH A HARD JOB.
IN 1941 HE MARRIED RUTH MONSON AND TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN, NANCY (STEELE), BARBARA (CLINE), CHARLES, AND KATHLEEN (DAY). MELVIN AND RUTH (LEE) BUILT A HOME IN STRASBURG IN 1949 AND MELVIN BEGAN HIS LIFE-LONG LOVE OF DRY-LAND FARMING NORTH OF STRASBURG. HE WAS AN AVID BOWLER AND BOATING ENTHUSIAST. HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS AND ORGANIZERS OF THE STRASBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS PROUD OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND STATED HE WOULD NOT CHANGE ANY CHOICE HE HAD MADE IN HIS LIFE.
MELVIN IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, ALL OF HIS SIBLINGS AND HIS WIFE OF 54 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR CHILDREN, GRANDSONS ANDY STEELE (JACKIE), KEVIN MANGOLD (ROCELLE- WILSON EVELYN, AND MARIBEL) JASON CLINE (HEATHER – ANDERSON AND LOCHLAN) TYLER ANDERSON AND GRANDAUGHTERS TRACY STEELE AND AMY BROWN (STEVE).
CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE STRASBURG FIRE AND RESCUE SQUAD, OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
To leave a special message for Melvin's family, please visit the guestbook below.
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