Rev. E. Earl Anderson

1928 - 2015  (86 years)

• Name	E. Earl Anderson
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	24 May 1928	Kenora, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-189179
  Died	18 Jan 2015	Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I189179	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family	Ruth Schlote,   b. 1930,   d. 1982  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F53924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Rev. E. Earl Anderson, 86, of Indiana, Pa., formerly of Sewickley, Pa., died on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. He was born in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, on May 24, 1928, the fifth child of Swedish immigrants Bengt Anderson and Emma Kristina Berguson. Earl was a respected pastor and community leader. He touched many lives, teaching in a positive, nurturing and oftentimes humorous way. His first parish was St. Matthew's of East Zorra Township and Bethany, Woodstock, Ontario, in 1953, followed by Pennsylvania congregations located in Penn Hills (as a mission developer for the Board of American Missions), Sewickley, Blairsville, Smicksburg and Trade City. While in Blairsville, he also served as Chaplain at Torrance State Hospital. After retirement in 1990, Earl served as interim pastor at Evangelical Lutheran Church in America churches within the northwestern and southwestern PA Synods. Finally, he served from January 2004 through March 2005 as the part-time assistant to the pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Indiana, Pa. Earl graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Waterloo College (University of Western Ontario) and with a Certificate of Theology from Waterloo Seminary. He was ordained by the United Lutheran Church, Canada Synod, in 1953. After decades of ministry, he received his Doctor of Ministry in 1991 from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh and his Master of Sacred Theology in 1999 from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Pa. Over the years, he served in many capacities and on many boards and committees for various organizations, including the Greensburg Conference, the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod's Committee for Examination and Ordination, the Lutheran Campus Ministry Committee for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, delegate to the national church convention and the Synod Council. Earl was an avid music lover, a talented tenor vocalist, a voracious reader and a teacher with a special knack for storytelling. He was a generous mentor, investing his time with students and endowing a scholarship for candidate seminary students. He was a beloved husband and father and is survived by his wife, Caroline, of Indiana, Pa.; his children, Kris Volpatti and husband Dan of Upper Saint Clair, Pa., Tim Anderson and wife Karen of New London, Connecticut and Kirk Anderson and wife Dawn of State College, Pa. He is also survived by seven grandchildren, Jeremey Anderson of Warwick, Rhode Island, Bryan Anderson of Torrington, Connecticut, Jessica Carlson and husband Sam Carlson of Poulsbo, Washington, Kim Volpatti of Pittsburgh, Lisa Volpatti of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Heather Anderson of State College, Pa. and Lauren Anderson of State College, Pa.; and great-grandchild Finnian Carlson of Poulsbo, Washington. He is also survived by his brother, Carl, of Kenora, Ontario; and by several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth Schlote Anderson, of Kitchener, Ontario, mother of his three children. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, in Indiana, Pa. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at Zion Lutheran Church in Indiana. Interment will be at the Kitchener Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Rev. Dr. E. Earl Anderson Seminary Scholarship Endowment Fund, as part of the ELCA Fund for Leaders Program. Their telephone number is 800-638-3522, and their mailing address is ELCA Foundation, 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631. https://www.punxsutawneyspirit.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, Rev E Earl Anderson (1928 - 2015) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 26 April 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=81&GScid=2130194&GRid=141606204&.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 May 1928 - Kenora, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Jan 2015 - Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth