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Kenneth L Anderson

Male 1909 - 1989  (79 years)


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  • Name Kenneth L Anderson 
    Nickname Swede 
    Born 12 Aug 1909  Boone, Boone County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Jun 1989  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Half Day Cemetery, Elmont, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I648  Rossville
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2019 

    Father Arthur Anderson 
    Mother Esther Samuelson Anderson 
    Family ID F193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Almira L Schwarz Anderson 
    Married 2 Feb 1942  Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Cris Anderson Eames
     2. Elaine Anderson Moses
     3. Joye Anderson
     4. Mary Ellen Anderson
     5. James Anderson
     6. Lynn Anderson
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 14:06:29 
    Family ID F194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Half Day Cemetery, Elmont, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Anderson, Kenneth
    Obituary- Anderson, Kenneth
    Kenneth L. Anderson
    Kenneth L. “Swede” Anderson, 79, Topeka, died Saturday, June 17, 1989, at a Topeka hospital.
    Mr. Anderson worked in road maintenance for Shawnee County until his retirement in 1974. After retirement, he worked part-time for Menoken Township. He served in the Army during World War II.
    He was born Aug. 12, 1909, in Boone, Iowa, the son of Arthur and Esther Samuelson Anderson. He had lived in Topeka for 15 years after moving from Rossville.
    Mr. Anderson was a member of Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville.
    He was married to Almira L. Schwarz on Feb. 2, 1942, in Princeton, Mo. She survives.
    Other survivors include four daughters, Cris Eames, Elaine Mo¬ses, Joye Anderson and Mary Ellen Anderson, all of Topeka; two sons, James Anderson and Lynn Anderson, both of Topeka; a sister, Virginia Claude, Webster City, Iowa; two brothers, Bert Anderson, Stanhope, Iowa, and Clyde Anderson, Monterey Park, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
    Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Chapel. Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville will conduct mil¬itary graveside services in Half Day Cemetery at Elmont. Mr. Anderson will lie in state after 11 a.m. Mon¬day at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Kidney Fund.