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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 11217
Title: Richard H. Anderson
Date: 1935 - 2009
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 8/10/1936
Summary: Richard "Dick" Anderson, 72, of Grenora, ND, passed away February 13, 2009, at his home in Grenora. His Memorial Service was celebrated February 18, 2009 at the St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Grenora. with Rev. David Halaas officiating. Richard Henning Anderson was born August 10, 1936 in Sheyenne, ND to Einer and Helen (Landin) Anderson. When Dick was just six, the family moved to Williston where he continued his education. In 1957, he was united in marriage to Velma "Beanie" (Jeanotte) Lee. The couple moved to Chicago where Dick became a journeyman baker and stayed for three years. Moving back to Williston, Dick continued baking and eventually owned his own bakery and coffee shop in downtown Tioga. They divorced in 1963 and he moved to Lewistown, MT, where he played music, started a career as a body man eventually owning his own shop. He also ran his own body shop/bait and minnow store and played music in Fort Peck during that time. In 1987, he returned to Williston, where he met and married Heather (Buchanan) Flexhaug, the true love of his life, on June 8, 1989 in Miles City, MT. Dick and Heather played music in Medora at the Little Missouri Saloon for nine summers and spent ten winters playing for dancing Snowbirds in Casa Grande, AZ. During those years they lived in the Greyhound bus that they lovingly converted into a motorhome. They played for theY2K New Years Eve in Arizona and then retired from that life to return to Williston in the spring. They continued to get people out of their seats to dance until Dick's passing. Grenora has been home since the day the couple moved there in June of 2005. Dick is known as the Grenora handyman, accommodating anyone in need of help throughout the town. Dick has been very active in the community as a member of the Grenora Park Board where he has spent much time caring for the town park and cemetery, as well as Grenora’s 90th Anniversary in 2006. Dick was also president of Grenora Senior Citizens, a delegate to the Williams County Council on Aging, and a member of the Williston Moose Lodge #239. Dick loved his family and friends, his band "Country Express" and his "Patty Girl" and "Angel" but his greatest joy came in playing his guitar. He poured his heart and soul into making his beautiful music for the world to enjoy. His music can be found on hundreds of thousands of websites around the world. He also managed to findtime to do some beautiful wood turning and a bit of woodworking. He is survived by his wife, Heather of Grenora; a son, Rick Anderson, Jr., and his wife, Cheryl, of Williston; his daughters, Connie Powell, and her husband, Scott of Medicine Lake, MT, Vickie Damm and her husband, Dennis, of Williston, and Nina Jacobsen and her husband, Brian, of Reserve, MT; step-children, Stacy Swindler, and her husband, Herb, of Bailey, CO, and Galyn Flexhaug and his wife, Dawn, of Minot, ND; twenty-six grandchildren and thirty-five greatgrandchildren; brothers, John Stitzel of New Rockford and Ron Anderson and his wife, Sherlee, of North Bend, OR; a sister, Judy (Darrel) Drastz of Blythe, CA; a brother-in-law, Lawrence "Buzz" Marmon; and many nieces, nephews, and friends. Dick was preceded in death by his parents, Einer Anderson and Helen Hanson; step-dad, Wally Hanson; his son, Ronald Anderson in 2005; a brother, Robert Stitzel; sisters, Dorothy Marmon and Betty Jones, as well as an infant sister. People will forget what you said People will forget what you did People will never forget the music you made or the way you made us feel.
Red ID: FND_I_61981 Image ID: 522147 Image Notes: FND001 11217

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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