Clair B. Anderson

Clair Bernard Anderson was born October 26, 1924, to E. Clarence and Silda Wolff Anderson in Worth County, Iowa. He was baptized at the Zion Lutheran Church in Northwood and confirmed at the Hayward Lutheran Church. Clair served in the United States Navy during WWII from March 1943 to February 1946 and was stationed in the South Pacific. On September 21, 1947, he was united in marriage to Eunice Heideman at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Myrtle. Clair was a member of Central Freeborn Lutheran Church, American Legion, and VFW. He enjoyed writing, drawing, working with his hands and especially spending time with his grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Eunice; sons, Mark and his wife, Joan and Philip and his wife, Linda; daughters, Andrea White and Allaire and her friend, Craig Grund; granddaughter, Julia White; grandsons: Matthew and his wife, Natalie, James, John, David, Lucas, Coleman, and Chandler Anderson and David and Daniel White; great-grandson, Benjamin Anderson; brother, Marvin R. and his wife, Arlyn Anderson; sisters, Pauline and her husband, Ersel Coffelt and Donna Becksted; brothers-in-law: Tom Fulkerson, Elry Wolff, and Harlan and his wife, Anna Marie Heideman; and several nieces and nephews. Clair was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Orville and Elburn; sisters, Karen Fulkerson and Harriet Kvalo; brothers-in-law, Arnold Kvale and Robert Amundson; and sisters-in-law, Helen Amundson and Lois Wolff.