OBITUARY Iron River Reporter Sep 28 1988 “Obituaries: Charles Anderson”
TULSA, Okla.-Charles “Corky” Anderson, 58, a former Bates Township resident, died Sept. 12 at his home here after a lengthy illness.
He was born on April 9, 1930 in Bates Township, the youngest of nine children of Charles and Anna Hedin Anderson. He attended Bates School, after which he served in the U.S. Army in England and the Aleutian Islands. He married Dixie Brown of Hot Springs, Ark. and lived in Oklahoma for the last 35 years, where he was a member of the Elks, the Masons, the Shrine and the Petroleum Club of Tulsa. He had a partnership in the Pearly Gates Inc. oil well and saltwater disposal. Later, he invented and patented an above-the-ground tornado shelter and formed the Sara Dawn Corp., manufacturing the shelters. He was involved with the shelters at the time of his death.
He is survived by a son David of Hot Springs, Ark.; three sisters, Frances Schneider and Margaret Zurek, both of Bates Township, and Gladys Dall of Chicago, Ill.; and two brothers, Verne Andrews of Land O’ Lakes and Ted Anderson of California. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Spencer, David and Jack Anderson.
Private services were held. Cremation took place in Tulsa.
OBITUARY of Margaret Zurek 2007 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson was her brother.
OBITUARY of Frances Schneider 1993 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson Jr was her brother.
OBITUARY of David Anderson 1980 (no known burial) says Charles Anderson of Tulsa OK is his brother.
OBITUARY of Spencer "Andy" Anderson 1980 (no known burial) says Charles Anderson of Tulsa OK is his brother.
OBITUARY of Jack S. Anderson 1976 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson of Wayne MI is his brother.
TULSA, Okla.-Charles “Corky” Anderson, 58, a former Bates Township resident, died Sept. 12 at his home here after a lengthy illness.
He was born on April 9, 1930 in Bates Township, the youngest of nine children of Charles and Anna Hedin Anderson. He attended Bates School, after which he served in the U.S. Army in England and the Aleutian Islands. He married Dixie Brown of Hot Springs, Ark. and lived in Oklahoma for the last 35 years, where he was a member of the Elks, the Masons, the Shrine and the Petroleum Club of Tulsa. He had a partnership in the Pearly Gates Inc. oil well and saltwater disposal. Later, he invented and patented an above-the-ground tornado shelter and formed the Sara Dawn Corp., manufacturing the shelters. He was involved with the shelters at the time of his death.
He is survived by a son David of Hot Springs, Ark.; three sisters, Frances Schneider and Margaret Zurek, both of Bates Township, and Gladys Dall of Chicago, Ill.; and two brothers, Verne Andrews of Land O’ Lakes and Ted Anderson of California. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Spencer, David and Jack Anderson.
Private services were held. Cremation took place in Tulsa.
OBITUARY of Margaret Zurek 2007 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson was her brother.
OBITUARY of Frances Schneider 1993 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson Jr was her brother.
OBITUARY of David Anderson 1980 (no known burial) says Charles Anderson of Tulsa OK is his brother.
OBITUARY of Spencer "Andy" Anderson 1980 (no known burial) says Charles Anderson of Tulsa OK is his brother.
OBITUARY of Jack S. Anderson 1976 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson of Wayne MI is his brother.
OBITUARY Iron River Reporter Sep 28 1988 “Obituaries: Charles Anderson”
TULSA, Okla.-Charles “Corky” Anderson, 58, a former Bates Township resident, died Sept. 12 at his home here after a lengthy illness.
He was born on April 9, 1930 in Bates Township, the youngest of nine children of Charles and Anna Hedin Anderson. He attended Bates School, after which he served in the U.S. Army in England and the Aleutian Islands. He married Dixie Brown of Hot Springs, Ark. and lived in Oklahoma for the last 35 years, where he was a member of the Elks, the Masons, the Shrine and the Petroleum Club of Tulsa. He had a partnership in the Pearly Gates Inc. oil well and saltwater disposal. Later, he invented and patented an above-the-ground tornado shelter and formed the Sara Dawn Corp., manufacturing the shelters. He was involved with the shelters at the time of his death.
He is survived by a son David of Hot Springs, Ark.; three sisters, Frances Schneider and Margaret Zurek, both of Bates Township, and Gladys Dall of Chicago, Ill.; and two brothers, Verne Andrews of Land O’ Lakes and Ted Anderson of California. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Spencer, David and Jack Anderson.
Private services were held. Cremation took place in Tulsa.
OBITUARY of Margaret Zurek 2007 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson was her brother.
OBITUARY of Frances Schneider 1993 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson Jr was her brother.
OBITUARY of David Anderson 1980 (no known burial) says Charles Anderson of Tulsa OK is his brother.
OBITUARY of Spencer "Andy" Anderson 1980 (no known burial) says Charles Anderson of Tulsa OK is his brother.
OBITUARY of Jack S. Anderson 1976 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson of Wayne MI is his brother.
TULSA, Okla.-Charles “Corky” Anderson, 58, a former Bates Township resident, died Sept. 12 at his home here after a lengthy illness.
He was born on April 9, 1930 in Bates Township, the youngest of nine children of Charles and Anna Hedin Anderson. He attended Bates School, after which he served in the U.S. Army in England and the Aleutian Islands. He married Dixie Brown of Hot Springs, Ark. and lived in Oklahoma for the last 35 years, where he was a member of the Elks, the Masons, the Shrine and the Petroleum Club of Tulsa. He had a partnership in the Pearly Gates Inc. oil well and saltwater disposal. Later, he invented and patented an above-the-ground tornado shelter and formed the Sara Dawn Corp., manufacturing the shelters. He was involved with the shelters at the time of his death.
He is survived by a son David of Hot Springs, Ark.; three sisters, Frances Schneider and Margaret Zurek, both of Bates Township, and Gladys Dall of Chicago, Ill.; and two brothers, Verne Andrews of Land O’ Lakes and Ted Anderson of California. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Spencer, David and Jack Anderson.
Private services were held. Cremation took place in Tulsa.
OBITUARY of Margaret Zurek 2007 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson was her brother.
OBITUARY of Frances Schneider 1993 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson Jr was her brother.
OBITUARY of David Anderson 1980 (no known burial) says Charles Anderson of Tulsa OK is his brother.
OBITUARY of Spencer "Andy" Anderson 1980 (no known burial) says Charles Anderson of Tulsa OK is his brother.
OBITUARY of Jack S. Anderson 1976 (buried Bates MI Cemetery) says Charles Anderson of Wayne MI is his brother.
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