Avis de décès de Vernon-L. Anderson - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

ANDERSON, VERNON L. 1919 - 2014 Vernon L. Anderson, formerly of Ocala, died Dec. 31, 2014, in Orem, Utah, at the age of 95. He was born Aug. 11, 1919, in San Mateo, Florida, the fifth of George and Hilda Bell (Tilton) Anderson's eleven children. Though life took him far and wide, in a sense he was never far from home. His memories of the bygone Florida of his barefoot youth remained undimmed into his tenth decade. As a freshman football player at Brigham Young University, he met Joyce Margaret Roberts. They were married June 12, 1942, in Salt Lake City and became the parents of eight children. She died Oct. 4, 1963. He married Elna Idonna (Shellenberger) Bybee Aug. 21, 1965 in Provo, UT. She died Dec. 26, 1998. He married Geraldine 'Gerry' Ruth (Moore) Carnahan May 12, 2001, in Ocala, Florida. While serving in the U.S. Army in Germany during and after World War II, he fell in love with the German language. Gifted with an uncommonly retentive mind and an ear for language and music, he earned bachelors and master's degrees from the University of Utah and a doctorate from Stanford University in Germanic languages. After teaching at Eastern Illinois State College in the early 1950s, he joined the faculty at Brigham Young University in Provo in 1956, where he taught until 1966. He later taught at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He twice took two-year breaks from teaching. In 1963-65, he worked for the U.S. State Department in Salvador, Brazil, where he added Portuguese to his linguistic repertoire, and in 1966-68 served as a Peace Corps director in Caracas and Valencia, Venezuela. These sojourns in South America provided life-changing experiences for his children. When their mother passed away while the family was in Brazil, their father's native optimism and enthusiasm for living abroad served to temper their grief. Possessed of a rich baritone made richer by formal training, he became a polished interpreter of German lieder. His comic renderings of folk tunes brought laughter to four generations of children. As a young father, he sang opera while bathing his long-suffering children and, in the days before he died, hummed songs in his sleep. Music, language, and his religious faith were the touchstones of his life, but nothing defined him more than his guileless good will toward people of every stripe and station. Survivors include his loving wife, Geraldine 'Gerry' Anderson of Orem, UT; seven children, Julie (Robert 'Bob') Allphin of Orem, UT, Colette (Tom) Gill of Evergreen, CO, Vern Anderson Jr. of Salt Lake City, UT, David Anderson of Salt Lake City, UT, Susan (John) Schilling of Mattoon, IL, Jonathan Anderson of Riverton, UT, Laurence Anderson of Salt Lake City, UT; five stepchildren, Diana F. Bybee Anderson of Midvale, UT; Richard C. B. Bybee of South Jordan, UT, Ariel Jane Bybee of Salt Lake City, UT, Dr. David B. Bybee of Modesto, CA, Stephanie D. Bybee Percival of Hemet, CA; three brothers, David Anderson of Denver, CO, Wesley Anderson of Phoenix, AZ, Lorry (Parnell) Anderson of Ocala, FL., grandchildren, Rob (Amy) Allphin Jr. of Lindon, UT, Christina (Randy) Smith of Highland, UT, David (Susan) Allphin of Highland, UT, Laurie (Jim) Loveland of Alpine, UT, Daniel (Lisa) Allphin of Highland, UT, Ryan (Elycse) Allphin of Alpine, UT, Benjamin Allphin of Highland, UT, Angela (Dan) Court of American Fork, UT, Tracey (Josh) Whitby of American Fork, UT, Brianna (Skyler) Hokama of Reno, NV, James Gill of San Antonio, TX, Christian (Rebecca) Anderson of Spring City, NV, Eric Anderson of Huntington, UT, Mandy (Cortney) Smith of Syracuse, UT, Dane (Stacy) Anderson of Farmington, UT, Jennie Anderson of Huntington, UT; Justine (Julio) Zuniga of Portland, OR, Marshall Anderson of Salt Lake City, UT, Felicity Anderson of Salt Lake City, UT, Jane Bobet of New York City, NY, Ryan (Giuliana) Schilling of Cupertino, CA, Jordan (Kayce) Schilling of Mattoon, IL, Brittany (Peter) Hecker of Orem, UT, Cameron (Kendra) Schilling of Springfield, IL, Angelique Anderson of Spanish Fork, UT, Sah (Marci) Anderson of Navasota, TX, Owen (Ashley Hathaway) Anderson of Riverton, UT, SriLanka Cotonuts Anderson of Roosevelt, UT, Fernando Anderson of Quissama, Brazil, Christina Danielle (Shane) Hakala of Taylorville, UT, Justin Cotonuts of Orem, UT, Elijah Lehi of Orem, UT; and numerous great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Martha Joy Anderson; four brothers, Reginald, Glen, Sam and Jack and by three sisters, Genie Anderson, Judy Wiseman and Phyllis Ladd. Funeral services honoring his life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at Heatheridge Chapel 620 East Heather Road in Orem. Burial will follow with Military Honors in Orem City Cemetery. Viewing for family and friends will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, at Walker Sanderson Funeral Home 646 East 800 North in Orem and from 9:45-10:45 a.m. on Monday, Jan 5, at the Church.