ANDERSON, Marlowe (Andy)

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, Arizona Published Sunday, February 28, 2010 Marlowe “Andy” Anderson passed peacefully into his creator’s embrace on Feb. 23, 2010. Andy was born Sept. 8, 1922, on the family farm in rural Iowa to Elowein Anderson and Millie Jacobsen Anderson. He grew up with self-reliance and an uncanny knack for fixing things that was developed out of necessity during the depression. During World War II, Andy served with distinction in the North Atlantic, aboard the Destroyer Escort Flaherty and participated in the historic capture of the infamous U-505 German U-boat, and it is now on display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Returning from the war, Andy’s ability and desire to fix things led him to a long and successful career with the National Cash Register Co. At this time, he also met and married Mary Jeanette Kimmel and together they raised two children. In 1967, Andy and his family were relocated to the Reno/Sparks area of northern Nevada and he was introduced to, and relished, the wide-open spaces and the Western culture. Andy loved the outdoors and became an avid snowmobiler, contributing his time unselfishly as a snow-rescue volunteer. In 1973, after 25 years together, Andy tragically lost his wife, Mary, to cancer, but was fortunate to find another with whom to share his life. Andy retired from the National Cash Register Co. in 1978, and he and Mary Cavanaugh Anderson moved briefly to Elko, Nev., before settling in Lake Havasu City. Andy and Mary spent many years traveling the United States in their motor home. Andy was particularly notorious in campgrounds across the nation as the scourge of the horseshoe pit and the Fred Astaire of the senior center dance floor. Tragedy struck again, and after 20 years together, Andy lost his second wife after a lengthy illness, but was blessed with love once again in meeting and marrying his third wife, Lillian DiSenso. Andy and Lillian were married for 14 years and enjoyed playing golf, playing cards and socializing with friends and neighbors. They continued to travel, and Andy was particularly fond of spending time at the Honey Lake Hunting Ranch near Susanville, Calif. At Honey Lake, he felt at home with his farmer roots and often “supervised” the farming and ranching activities being conducted by his long time friend, Kevin Ostmeyer. Andy was preceded in death by his parents, Elowien and Mille; brothers, Owen, Eldon and Noel; and his sister, Evelyn. Surviving Andy are his wife, Lillian; his sister, Mae Chenoweth; son, Ed Anderson and wife, Elizabeth; daughter, Gail and husband, John Sande III; grandchildren, John Sande lV, James Sande, Adam Anderson, Ian Anderson, Peter Anderson, Jacob Anderson and Matthew Anderson; and great-granddaughter, Sayde Jade Sande; step son, James Campbell; step daughter, Susan Harvey and husband, Fred; step grandchildren, Candice Evans and husband, Jacob, Heidi Barrus, Lucas Campbell, Bryan Campbell and wife, Cora; step-great-grandchildren, Hannah Evans, Lillian Evans, Annabelle Evans, Brody Barrus, Autumn Campbell, Trenton Campbell; sister-in-laws, Mary Ann Riley and husband, Bob, Dorothy Howell and brother-in-law, Myran Funk. A memorial service will be held Friday at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 501 California Ave., Reno, Nev., at 2 p.m. A reception will be held at the church following the service. Condolences and thoughts can be made to his family at www.lietz-frazefuneralhome.com. Arrangements were placed under the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home and Crematory.