1922
Robert
2007
Robert L. Anderson
September 20, 1922 — July 6, 2007
Robert L. Anderson, age 84, of Moline, died Friday, July 6, 2007 at Trinity Pathway Hospice in Bettendorf, IA.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Beulah Presbyterian Church.
Visitation is from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Monday at Kirk, Huggins & Esterdahl Funeral Home, Ltd. 1301-4th Street, Orion. Burial is in Rural Township Cemetery at Beulah Church with military honors conducted by Orion American Legion Post # 255 and Orion VFW Post # 143. Memorials may be made to Beulah Presbyterian Church, National Multiple Sclerosis Society or Trinity Pathway Hospice.
Robert L. Anderson was born September 20, 1922 at the family farm in Rural Twp. (Coal Valley) Rock Island County, to Gust Anderson and Adelia Peterson Anderson. He graduated from Orion High School.
He was a veteran of WW II, serving as a Bombardier-Navigator in the Army Air Force and spending time as a POW at Stalag Luft III in Germany. In 1945 he married Barbara Bollman at the Beulah Presbyterian Church. After the war he received a BS degree from Iowa State University, Ames, and taught agriculture in Swea City, IA, until recalled to active duty for the Korean War.
Following release from the service, he returned to the farm at Coal Valley, where he farmed until 1972 when he became disabled because of Multiple Sclerosis. He was a life member of American AX-POW's, Orion American Legion, Orion VFW, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Caterpillar Club of WW II, Stalag Luft III group. and the Crusaders - 386 Bomb Group, 9th Air Force.
He also served on the Orion Board of Education, as a director of the Rock Island County Farm Bureau, director of Illinois Health Improvement Association and an elected official of Rural Township. He was a member of Sherman Lodge #535, Orion, and while a lifetime member, served as trustee and elder of the Beulah Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years and five children. Cheryl (Kent) Yauch, Elmhurst, IL, Linda (Albert) Jovanovic, Grayslake, IL., Paul Anderson, Milan, IL.,Tim (Daisy) Anderson, Coal Valley and Adele Coulter, Burlington, IA. Sisters Dorothy Nelson of Rock Island and Marion Wilson, Coal Valley. Grandchildren: Lauren and Sandra Yauch, David and Andrea Jovanovic, Jennifer and Estefany Anderson; Alexis and Jessica Coulter, and a great-granddaughter Katherine Rachael Balster.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Walter Anderson, Rural Township.
Online condolences may be expressed to Robert's family by visiting his obituary at www.esterdahlmortuary.com.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Beulah Presbyterian Church.
Visitation is from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Monday at Kirk, Huggins & Esterdahl Funeral Home, Ltd. 1301-4th Street, Orion. Burial is in Rural Township Cemetery at Beulah Church with military honors conducted by Orion American Legion Post # 255 and Orion VFW Post # 143. Memorials may be made to Beulah Presbyterian Church, National Multiple Sclerosis Society or Trinity Pathway Hospice.
Robert L. Anderson was born September 20, 1922 at the family farm in Rural Twp. (Coal Valley) Rock Island County, to Gust Anderson and Adelia Peterson Anderson. He graduated from Orion High School.
He was a veteran of WW II, serving as a Bombardier-Navigator in the Army Air Force and spending time as a POW at Stalag Luft III in Germany. In 1945 he married Barbara Bollman at the Beulah Presbyterian Church. After the war he received a BS degree from Iowa State University, Ames, and taught agriculture in Swea City, IA, until recalled to active duty for the Korean War.
Following release from the service, he returned to the farm at Coal Valley, where he farmed until 1972 when he became disabled because of Multiple Sclerosis. He was a life member of American AX-POW's, Orion American Legion, Orion VFW, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Caterpillar Club of WW II, Stalag Luft III group. and the Crusaders - 386 Bomb Group, 9th Air Force.
He also served on the Orion Board of Education, as a director of the Rock Island County Farm Bureau, director of Illinois Health Improvement Association and an elected official of Rural Township. He was a member of Sherman Lodge #535, Orion, and while a lifetime member, served as trustee and elder of the Beulah Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years and five children. Cheryl (Kent) Yauch, Elmhurst, IL, Linda (Albert) Jovanovic, Grayslake, IL., Paul Anderson, Milan, IL.,Tim (Daisy) Anderson, Coal Valley and Adele Coulter, Burlington, IA. Sisters Dorothy Nelson of Rock Island and Marion Wilson, Coal Valley. Grandchildren: Lauren and Sandra Yauch, David and Andrea Jovanovic, Jennifer and Estefany Anderson; Alexis and Jessica Coulter, and a great-granddaughter Katherine Rachael Balster.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Walter Anderson, Rural Township.
Online condolences may be expressed to Robert's family by visiting his obituary at www.esterdahlmortuary.com.
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