Mike Anderson's Obituary
Myron "Mike" T. Anderson age 65 of Wild Rose, WI passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on February 25, 2015 at Wild Rose Community Memorial Hospital in Wild Rose.
Mike was born on March 26, 1949 to Theodore C. and Mildred J. (Thompson) Anderson in Wild Rose. Mike was raised on the family farm outside of Wild Rose. Mike attended and graduated from Wild Rose High School in 1968 and then was employed by the Walker Lumber Company until drafted into the U.S. Army to serve in Vietnam. He proudly served his country until his discharge in November of 1970. He made it home in time for the deer hunting season, which he thought was one of the coldest ones he had ever hunted in.
Mike married his high school sweetheart, Heather Stewart on December 19, 1970 at Mt. Morris Holden Lutheran Church where he was a lifelong member. Mike and Heather went on to raise four children - Ted, Jason, Lars and Tara. He was employed by the Walker Lumber Company, drove concrete truck for 4X and later worked for WHBC and JMC Building Center until his retirement. He then spent his time being Papa to his grandchildren and working on his ever growing "honey do" list.
Mike served on the church council at Mt. Morris Holden where he was council president for a number of years. He also served on the Wild Rose Fire Department, where he was Engineer for several years and until recently enjoyed making toys for the Community Christmas Project with the Happy Joe's Woodworking Group.
Mike is survived by his wife, Heather; four children, Ted (Amber) Anderson of Montello, Jason, Lars and Tara Anderson of Wild Rose; his mother, Mildred Anderson of Wild Rose; his grandchildren, Alex Mata, Ripon; Emma and Abby Anderson, Montello and Landon Gibbs, Wild Rose; his siblings, Chris (Arnie) Bliesner, Wautoma; Al (Cheryl) Anderson, Wild Rose; Mary (Al) Tatzel, Butternut; Julie (Bruce) Vollbrecht, Menominee Falls; a brother-in-law, Bob (Tammy) Stewart, Neenah as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his father, Ted; in-laws, Irvin and Ina Stewart and a brother-in-law, Ken Stewart. He will be missed by all who knew him.
The Funeral Service will be held Sunday, March 1 at 2PM at Mt. Morris Holden Lutheran Church. Visitation will be Saturday evening from 5 - 7 PM at the Holly Funeral Home in Wild Rose and also on Sunday afternoon from 1 - 2PM at the church. Burial will be in Mt. Morris Holden Cemetery with full Military Rites. In lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated to the Mt. Morris Holden Church furnace fund.
The family would like to thank Dr. Mike, Dr. Zeller, Dr. Caves, Dr. Voskuil and the staff at Wild Rose Community Memorial Hospital for the care and comfort provided to Mike in his final months. Everyone treated him as their own family.
Two of Mike's favorite sayings were "Out of the weeds came ten thousand Swedes chased by one mad Norwegian" and "Little girls are little squirrels".
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