Victor Anderson

Victor Anderson passed away on June 1, 2015, at the Community Restorium. He would have celebrated his 81st birthday on Nov. 21, 2015.

Services will be held on Saturday, June 6 at 4 p.m. at the Bonners Ferry Church of the Nazarene.

His parents, Karl and Louise Anderson, and his wife of 51 years, Beverly Anderson, were there to greet him when he arrived in heaven.

Victor was born in Lynn, Mass., and raised in Peabody, Mass., along with his older brother Carl. The brothers were high-spirited to say the least, and Victor loved to share stories about the mischief that they got into.

He met Beverly when he was 16 while they were both working for the same catering company. There was another boy interested in her, and they vied for her attention by delivering milkshakes and ice cream cones to her desk. Victor won her heart and they married in July 1955.

They raised their two children, Richard and Bethany, in a house on a hill that they bought before it was built, and stayed there until moving to Naples, Idaho, in 2001.

Victor was a milkman, delivering milk for HP Hood & Son. He had many stories to share of his time delivering milk in the northshore of Massachusetts. He was a long time Scout Leader in Troop 22 of St Pius Church in Lynn and a member of the Lynn Public School Senior Band Boosters, where he had a positive and happy influence on many young people.

He was a proud papa, quick to point out his grandchildren in a crowd to anyone and everyone. Among all his grandchildren he was known as a master of fried dough and jokes designed to make them blush and laugh and they never suffered overmuch from being told again and again. If he didn’t have a grandchild nearby at the moment he would just tell stories about how wonderful his grandchildren were. He had a sweet smile.

He leaves behind his son Richard and daughter-in-law, Rebecca of Platte City, Mo.; their children, Elizabeth (Hurst) and her spouse Chase, Ralph (step) and Cassandra (step) and four great-grandchildren, Conner (step), Cate (step), Briggs and Alexis.

He also leaves his daughter, Bethany (Cavender) and son-in-law Wayne of Bonners Ferry Idaho; their children Bailey, Chloe and Tucker; and his brother, Carl Anderson.

One of the highlights of his later life was “going to soup” at the Naples Fire Hall on Friday afternoons. The ladies used to joke that they couldn’t start serving until Vic got there and they always had an extra cookie or two for him to take home, because of the joy that this simple community meal was in his life, the family asks that instead of flowers, donation be made to Soup’s On of Naples, c/o Linda Cromwell, 271 Green Pasture Road, Naples, ID 83847