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Obituary
Dean F Anderson, 89, died in
Sarasota, FL on December 12, 2020.
Dean was born in Kewanee, on April 19, 1931 to M.
Ross Anderson and Gano Francis Anderson.
He grew up in Kewanee, Galesburg, Urbana, and Oak
Park. After graduating from OPRF, he attended the
University of Illinois where he earned a BS in
Agriculture and MA in Mathematics. He was a proud
member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.
On August 9, 1952 he married Judith Wells with whom
he had three sons.
After two years in the Army at Aberdeen, Maryland,
Dean spent several years in agricultural sales in
Lincoln. He then rediscovered his love of math and
began teaching at the junior high school.
The family then moved to LaGrange, where Dean taught
in the Mathematics Department at LTHS for 25 years.
In addition to a love of golf, Dean’s avocation was
officiating high school football, basketball and
track for over 30 years.
When Dean retired in 1987, he and Judy returned to
Lincoln. Judy died in 1992 after 39 happy years
together.
Dean then married Beverly Bonser Corneille. Over
their 28 years, Dean and Bev wintered in Sarasota
where they met many close friends, and spent summers
in Lincoln, later moving to Stoughton, WI to be
closer to Bev’s family.
They played a lot of golf together, enjoyed
traveling to many beautiful and exciting parts of
the world.
Dean was preceded in death by his parents, his wife
Judy, and his son Michael. He is survived by his
wife Beverly; his sister Sue (Howard) Busby, Solano
Beach, CA; son David (Nina) Anderson, Chicago,
grandchildren Nicole (Kristian) Martincec, Katie
(Jacob) Karlin, and Ross Anderson; son Eric (Katie)
Anderson, Glen Ellyn, grandchildren Jud Anderson,
Elizabeth (Matt) Brown, and Jack Anderson; four
great grandchildren, four step children, three
step-grandchildren, and two step-great
grandchildren. |
There will be no services.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Michael
Ross Anderson Theater Scholarship c/o Lyons Twp High School,
100 S. Brainard, LaGrange IL 60525. |
