Mr. Anderson died Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at home. He was born Jan. 21, 1948, in Lawrence, the son of Lowry F. and Wanda Johnson Anderson.
Mr. Anderson graduated from Lawrence High School in 1966, and from Kansas University with a bachelor of arts in English education and later an M.A. in classics in 1971. He graduated from the Kansas University School of Law in 1986.
He taught school in Paola and at Kapaun High School in Wichita. He then became a corporate and tax attorney, and worked in the 1040 New Hampshire Old English Lutheran Church law offices, which he helped his family to preserve and manage. He was involved in setting up the Laura Kriz and Libuse Fiorito Charitable Foundations, which eventually funded the renovation and now manages the Castle Tea Room in Lawrence. He was also instrumental in the formation of several other local trusts and foundations. He was a frequent adviser to the Lawrence Preservation Alliance, served on the Horizon 2020 Lawrence City Planning Committee, and was involved in preserving the Union Pacific Depot.
He was an
Eagle Scout and an active member
of the Boy Scouts of America in
Lawrence, serving as a Cubmaster
of Pack 3053, a Camp Bromelsick
Foundation Committee board
member, and a former Unit
Commissioner for Troop 59 and
Pack 3053. He was a member at
large for Pelathe District
Committee, and held the
Scouter’s Key, Commissioner’s
Arrowhead Honor and the District
Award of Merit. He was a member
of the Kansas and Douglas County
Bar Associations.
He married Mary Stanford on Aug.
7, 1980, in Fontgombault,
France. She survives, of the
home.
Other survivors include his father, Lowry F. “Andy” Anderson, of Lawrence; two sons, John Clement Anderson, living in Pescara, Italy, and Alexander Stanford Anderson, studying in Rome; one brother, Lowry F. “Andy” Anderson Jr., of Overland Park; and one sister, Rebecca Sue Anderson, Jouques, France. He was preceded in death by his mother.
The family will greet friends from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, where a parish rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The family suggests memorials to Camp Bromelsick Foundation, sent in care of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.
