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            [November 
			30, 2007]  
            		
            		
            		MIDDLETOWN -- Ben R. Anderson, 70, of 
			Middletown died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, at 3:22 p.m. at St. John's 
			Hospital in Springfield. 
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							Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at 
			Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. His funeral will be 
			at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Pastor Greg Wooten 
			officiating. Burial, with military rites, will be in Irish Grove 
							Cemetery, rural Middletown. 
							Mr. Anderson retired 
							from Caterpillar Tractor Co. and was a part-time 
							farm hand. 
							He served with the U.S. Army as an ammunition 
							supplies specialist in Lebanon during the Korean 
							War. . 
							He was born Nov. 10, 1937, in Middletown to 
							William and Helen Rogers Anderson. He married Donna 
							J. Johnston on April 22, 1960, in Middletown. She 
							preceded him in death June 4, 2005. 
							He is survived by one son, Warren Anderson of 
							Middletown; one daughter, Tammy Anderson of 
							Middletown; three sisters, Flora Tibbs of New 
							Holland, Mary Etta (and Frank) Rogers of Westhoff, 
							Texas, and Elsie Tibbs of Middletown; and two 
							brothers, Abe (and Betty) Anderson of Lincoln and 
							Robert Anderson of Atlanta. 
							He was also preceded in death by his parents and 
							two brothers, William and Lem Anderson.  | 
							
							 
                    
					  
							He was of the Protestant faith. 
							He was a member of the Middletown Fire Department 
							for over 40 years and was former fire chief and 
							member of the Middletown Rescue Squad. 
							Memorials may be made to the Anderson family in 
							care of the funeral home. 
							
            
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