Walt was a founding member of Oakview Golf Course where he loved to golf with Dorothy. He was an active member of the Freeborn Booster Club, member of the Fire Department, and held numerous offices in the Freeborn Church. Walt was a member of the Freeborn Congregational Church for more than 70 years.
Walt was extremely interested in the history of the Freeborn area and its people. He became a source of information about the area for anyone asking. Walt was known to collect pictures, newspaper clippings and other memorabilia. If you came in the store and asked about a building in the area or any of the people, he would take out his suitcase of pictures and tell stories of them. Most of his pictures and much of the memorabilia he collected throughout the years was donated to the Freeborn Historical Society.
Walt is survived by Terry and Virginia Anderson of Rochester; Gretchen, Marty and Emma Zinsli of Owatonna; Eric, Laura and Toby Anderson of Westminster, CO and special friend Lorraine Dillavou of Freeborn. He is also survived by brothers George Anderson, Russ and Avis Anderson, brother in law Eddie and Doris Quinn, many nieces, nephews, cousins, and loved ones.
Walt Anderson was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Anderson in 1998; siblings Laura Hanson, Eleanor Berg, Arnold Anderson, Harold Anderson.
The family would like to extend our sincerest thanks for Walt’s caregivers at Oak Park Place and especially Clare Bridge of Owatonna for the compassionate and loving care they extended toward Walt and his family. We are also grateful for the pastoral care from Deacon Steve Judd and Father Michael Tippett of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Owatonna and a special thank you to Pastor Lisa Kipp for all her support over the years.
In leiu of flowers, memorials can be designated to the Freeborn Cemetery Fund or the Freeborn Historical Society.