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Roland Giles “R.G.” Anderson

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Roland Giles “R.G.” Anderson

Birth
Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, USA
Death
9 Jan 2006 (aged 75)
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.9603, Longitude: -95.2136611
Memorial ID
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Burial Per The Oak Hill Cemetery Interment Records.
K.U.M.C. Anatomy Dept. Records show Body (Ashes) buried in 2007.

Roland G. Anderson 1930 - 2006
A memorial gathering for Roland G. "R.G." Anderson, 75, Lawrence, will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. He donated his body to Kansas University Medical Center for research.

Mr. Anderson died Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, at his home.

He was born Feb. 27, 1930, in Ottawa, the son of Arthur and Zona Porter Anderson.

He received a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Ottawa University and a Master of Science in chemistry from Kansas University. He completed advanced graduate courses through the University of Texas.

Mr. Anderson worked as an industrial chemist. He later began a teaching career at De Soto High School, and taught in Okinawa, Libya, Samoa and California. He finished his career at Lawrence High School, where for 24 years he taught chemistry, astronomy and world history and was chairman of the science department for several years. He retired in 1988.

He was active in-home Christian ministry and youth support groups.

The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to the Jonell Williams Scholarship/Lawrence Schools Foundation, sent in care of the mortuary.

E-mail condolences may be sent to [email protected], subject: Anderson.

(Lawrence Journal-World)
Burial Per The Oak Hill Cemetery Interment Records.
K.U.M.C. Anatomy Dept. Records show Body (Ashes) buried in 2007.

Roland G. Anderson 1930 - 2006
A memorial gathering for Roland G. "R.G." Anderson, 75, Lawrence, will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. He donated his body to Kansas University Medical Center for research.

Mr. Anderson died Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, at his home.

He was born Feb. 27, 1930, in Ottawa, the son of Arthur and Zona Porter Anderson.

He received a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Ottawa University and a Master of Science in chemistry from Kansas University. He completed advanced graduate courses through the University of Texas.

Mr. Anderson worked as an industrial chemist. He later began a teaching career at De Soto High School, and taught in Okinawa, Libya, Samoa and California. He finished his career at Lawrence High School, where for 24 years he taught chemistry, astronomy and world history and was chairman of the science department for several years. He retired in 1988.

He was active in-home Christian ministry and youth support groups.

The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to the Jonell Williams Scholarship/Lawrence Schools Foundation, sent in care of the mortuary.

E-mail condolences may be sent to [email protected], subject: Anderson.

(Lawrence Journal-World)


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