RICHARD ANDERSON obituary

JOPLIN - Richard Simon "Bud" Anderson, 79, died Saturday, July 17, 2004, at a Conrad nursing home.

A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin. Burial of ashes with military rites will follow at the Joplin Cemetery.

Bud was born on March 17, 1925, to Simon and Ida (Bilden) Anderson at Havre. He grew up at Joplin and received his formal education there. He graduated from Joplin High School in 1943. Bud entered the U.S. Army and served during World War II as a medic. Upon his honorable discharge, he returned to Montana.

Bud married Phyllis Lorraine VanWec...