ERNEST ANDERSON, JR
Ernest Harvey Anderson, Jr. was born October 23, 1918 to Ernest and Ethel (Hunt) Anderson at 402 N. Birch Street in Yuma. The older of two children, he was a "war baby" born while his father served in France during World War I. Ernest died of natural causes July 8, 2003 at Yuma Life Care Center. He was 84.
"Ernie attended Yuma's North primary and West elementary schools. In 1932 at age 14, he joined the Yuma First Presbyterian Church choir where he remained a local member for over 50 years. In 1934, Ernie and friend Garland Harper sang Saturday mornings on local radio station KGEK. On the day he graduated from Yuma High School in 1936, a famous Depression-era dust storm cut short the day's festivities.
"Ernie worked for a year at his father's Yuma Lumber Company, then enrolled at the University of Colorado. ...........
"One month after graduation from CU, Ernie married his high school sweetheart Coleen Myers on June 29, 1941. Reverend W. L. Breckenridge officiated and Miss Betty Hoch sang "Always." To this union two children were born: Beverly and Robert.
"Ernie began his student teaching at Lafayette Junior High School, taught 5th and 6th grades for one year at Joes, then completed another year at a country school northwest of Yuma.
"After receiving basic training at Lincoln Air Base in Nebraska, Ernie served during World War II in the Mediterranean theater of operations with Army Air Forces Engineer Command from April 1, 1944 to January 23, 1946. He received the ranking of Sergeant.
"After returning home to start a family, Ernie began teaching at Yuma West Grade School in 1947, taking time in the summers to earn a Master's Degree in Education at Colorado State College in Greeley. He was Principal at Yuma West Grade School from 1954 to 1969, then taught Junior High classes until his retirement 1981.
"Ernie was a 50-year Charter member of the Yuma Lion's Club, ........ He was a 50-year member of the Yuma Masonic Lodge. Ernie served on the County Federal Credit Union Advisory Board ......, was past President of the Yuma County Teachers Association and was listed in "Who's Who in Colorado" 1958-1967 editions. He faithfully attended Yuma Presbyterian Church and served as Deacon and Elder.
"Throughout his life, Ernie enjoyed family reunions, playing cards with "Supper Club" friends and singing and playing the piano. He knew hundreds of songs and was a wonderful entertainer. He felt blessed to share summer vacations with his family and traveled to Europe, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and Alaska with Coleen and friends.
"Ernie's valuable gifts of kindness, friendliness and wonderful musical talent will be greatly missed by all who knew him. ......
"Preceding him death are Ernie's father and mother, Ernest Sr. and Ethel; his brother Robert Jim and his loving wife of 60 years, Coleen.
"Ernie is survived by his daughter Beverly Hickman and husband Richard of Seabrook, Texas, their son Nathan and their daughter Megan Upshaw and husband Chris; his son Robert Anderson and wife Lori of Boulder: his cousin Mary Rogers and husband Francis of Yuma; as well as numerous other loving relatives and friends.
"Memorial services will be Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at the First Presbyterian Church in Yuma with Rev. James Webb officiating. Services have been entrusted to Baucke Funeral Home of Yuma."...Yuma Pioneer - July 24, 2003
Ernest Harvey Anderson, Jr. was born October 23, 1918 to Ernest and Ethel (Hunt) Anderson at 402 N. Birch Street in Yuma. The older of two children, he was a "war baby" born while his father served in France during World War I. Ernest died of natural causes July 8, 2003 at Yuma Life Care Center. He was 84.
"Ernie attended Yuma's North primary and West elementary schools. In 1932 at age 14, he joined the Yuma First Presbyterian Church choir where he remained a local member for over 50 years. In 1934, Ernie and friend Garland Harper sang Saturday mornings on local radio station KGEK. On the day he graduated from Yuma High School in 1936, a famous Depression-era dust storm cut short the day's festivities.
"Ernie worked for a year at his father's Yuma Lumber Company, then enrolled at the University of Colorado. ...........
"One month after graduation from CU, Ernie married his high school sweetheart Coleen Myers on June 29, 1941. Reverend W. L. Breckenridge officiated and Miss Betty Hoch sang "Always." To this union two children were born: Beverly and Robert.
"Ernie began his student teaching at Lafayette Junior High School, taught 5th and 6th grades for one year at Joes, then completed another year at a country school northwest of Yuma.
"After receiving basic training at Lincoln Air Base in Nebraska, Ernie served during World War II in the Mediterranean theater of operations with Army Air Forces Engineer Command from April 1, 1944 to January 23, 1946. He received the ranking of Sergeant.
"After returning home to start a family, Ernie began teaching at Yuma West Grade School in 1947, taking time in the summers to earn a Master's Degree in Education at Colorado State College in Greeley. He was Principal at Yuma West Grade School from 1954 to 1969, then taught Junior High classes until his retirement 1981.
"Ernie was a 50-year Charter member of the Yuma Lion's Club, ........ He was a 50-year member of the Yuma Masonic Lodge. Ernie served on the County Federal Credit Union Advisory Board ......, was past President of the Yuma County Teachers Association and was listed in "Who's Who in Colorado" 1958-1967 editions. He faithfully attended Yuma Presbyterian Church and served as Deacon and Elder.
"Throughout his life, Ernie enjoyed family reunions, playing cards with "Supper Club" friends and singing and playing the piano. He knew hundreds of songs and was a wonderful entertainer. He felt blessed to share summer vacations with his family and traveled to Europe, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and Alaska with Coleen and friends.
"Ernie's valuable gifts of kindness, friendliness and wonderful musical talent will be greatly missed by all who knew him. ......
"Preceding him death are Ernie's father and mother, Ernest Sr. and Ethel; his brother Robert Jim and his loving wife of 60 years, Coleen.
"Ernie is survived by his daughter Beverly Hickman and husband Richard of Seabrook, Texas, their son Nathan and their daughter Megan Upshaw and husband Chris; his son Robert Anderson and wife Lori of Boulder: his cousin Mary Rogers and husband Francis of Yuma; as well as numerous other loving relatives and friends.
"Memorial services will be Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at the First Presbyterian Church in Yuma with Rev. James Webb officiating. Services have been entrusted to Baucke Funeral Home of Yuma."...Yuma Pioneer - July 24, 2003
ERNEST ANDERSON, JR
Ernest Harvey Anderson, Jr. was born October 23, 1918 to Ernest and Ethel (Hunt) Anderson at 402 N. Birch Street in Yuma. The older of two children, he was a "war baby" born while his father served in France during World War I. Ernest died of natural causes July 8, 2003 at Yuma Life Care Center. He was 84.
"Ernie attended Yuma's North primary and West elementary schools. In 1932 at age 14, he joined the Yuma First Presbyterian Church choir where he remained a local member for over 50 years. In 1934, Ernie and friend Garland Harper sang Saturday mornings on local radio station KGEK. On the day he graduated from Yuma High School in 1936, a famous Depression-era dust storm cut short the day's festivities.
"Ernie worked for a year at his father's Yuma Lumber Company, then enrolled at the University of Colorado. ...........
"One month after graduation from CU, Ernie married his high school sweetheart Coleen Myers on June 29, 1941. Reverend W. L. Breckenridge officiated and Miss Betty Hoch sang "Always." To this union two children were born: Beverly and Robert.
"Ernie began his student teaching at Lafayette Junior High School, taught 5th and 6th grades for one year at Joes, then completed another year at a country school northwest of Yuma.
"After receiving basic training at Lincoln Air Base in Nebraska, Ernie served during World War II in the Mediterranean theater of operations with Army Air Forces Engineer Command from April 1, 1944 to January 23, 1946. He received the ranking of Sergeant.
"After returning home to start a family, Ernie began teaching at Yuma West Grade School in 1947, taking time in the summers to earn a Master's Degree in Education at Colorado State College in Greeley. He was Principal at Yuma West Grade School from 1954 to 1969, then taught Junior High classes until his retirement 1981.
"Ernie was a 50-year Charter member of the Yuma Lion's Club, ........ He was a 50-year member of the Yuma Masonic Lodge. Ernie served on the County Federal Credit Union Advisory Board ......, was past President of the Yuma County Teachers Association and was listed in "Who's Who in Colorado" 1958-1967 editions. He faithfully attended Yuma Presbyterian Church and served as Deacon and Elder.
"Throughout his life, Ernie enjoyed family reunions, playing cards with "Supper Club" friends and singing and playing the piano. He knew hundreds of songs and was a wonderful entertainer. He felt blessed to share summer vacations with his family and traveled to Europe, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and Alaska with Coleen and friends.
"Ernie's valuable gifts of kindness, friendliness and wonderful musical talent will be greatly missed by all who knew him. ......
"Preceding him death are Ernie's father and mother, Ernest Sr. and Ethel; his brother Robert Jim and his loving wife of 60 years, Coleen.
"Ernie is survived by his daughter Beverly Hickman and husband Richard of Seabrook, Texas, their son Nathan and their daughter Megan Upshaw and husband Chris; his son Robert Anderson and wife Lori of Boulder: his cousin Mary Rogers and husband Francis of Yuma; as well as numerous other loving relatives and friends.
"Memorial services will be Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at the First Presbyterian Church in Yuma with Rev. James Webb officiating. Services have been entrusted to Baucke Funeral Home of Yuma."...Yuma Pioneer - July 24, 2003
Ernest Harvey Anderson, Jr. was born October 23, 1918 to Ernest and Ethel (Hunt) Anderson at 402 N. Birch Street in Yuma. The older of two children, he was a "war baby" born while his father served in France during World War I. Ernest died of natural causes July 8, 2003 at Yuma Life Care Center. He was 84.
"Ernie attended Yuma's North primary and West elementary schools. In 1932 at age 14, he joined the Yuma First Presbyterian Church choir where he remained a local member for over 50 years. In 1934, Ernie and friend Garland Harper sang Saturday mornings on local radio station KGEK. On the day he graduated from Yuma High School in 1936, a famous Depression-era dust storm cut short the day's festivities.
"Ernie worked for a year at his father's Yuma Lumber Company, then enrolled at the University of Colorado. ...........
"One month after graduation from CU, Ernie married his high school sweetheart Coleen Myers on June 29, 1941. Reverend W. L. Breckenridge officiated and Miss Betty Hoch sang "Always." To this union two children were born: Beverly and Robert.
"Ernie began his student teaching at Lafayette Junior High School, taught 5th and 6th grades for one year at Joes, then completed another year at a country school northwest of Yuma.
"After receiving basic training at Lincoln Air Base in Nebraska, Ernie served during World War II in the Mediterranean theater of operations with Army Air Forces Engineer Command from April 1, 1944 to January 23, 1946. He received the ranking of Sergeant.
"After returning home to start a family, Ernie began teaching at Yuma West Grade School in 1947, taking time in the summers to earn a Master's Degree in Education at Colorado State College in Greeley. He was Principal at Yuma West Grade School from 1954 to 1969, then taught Junior High classes until his retirement 1981.
"Ernie was a 50-year Charter member of the Yuma Lion's Club, ........ He was a 50-year member of the Yuma Masonic Lodge. Ernie served on the County Federal Credit Union Advisory Board ......, was past President of the Yuma County Teachers Association and was listed in "Who's Who in Colorado" 1958-1967 editions. He faithfully attended Yuma Presbyterian Church and served as Deacon and Elder.
"Throughout his life, Ernie enjoyed family reunions, playing cards with "Supper Club" friends and singing and playing the piano. He knew hundreds of songs and was a wonderful entertainer. He felt blessed to share summer vacations with his family and traveled to Europe, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and Alaska with Coleen and friends.
"Ernie's valuable gifts of kindness, friendliness and wonderful musical talent will be greatly missed by all who knew him. ......
"Preceding him death are Ernie's father and mother, Ernest Sr. and Ethel; his brother Robert Jim and his loving wife of 60 years, Coleen.
"Ernie is survived by his daughter Beverly Hickman and husband Richard of Seabrook, Texas, their son Nathan and their daughter Megan Upshaw and husband Chris; his son Robert Anderson and wife Lori of Boulder: his cousin Mary Rogers and husband Francis of Yuma; as well as numerous other loving relatives and friends.
"Memorial services will be Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at the First Presbyterian Church in Yuma with Rev. James Webb officiating. Services have been entrusted to Baucke Funeral Home of Yuma."...Yuma Pioneer - July 24, 2003
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