Roy I. Anderson

October 29, 1919 - December 3, 2018

Roy I. Anderson, age 99 of Blair, NE passed away December 3, 2018 at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 7 at 10:30 AM at First United Methodist Church in Blair. Graveside services will follow at the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, December 6 at Campbell Aman Funeral Home in Blair with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 PM with a Masonic service at 7 PM. Roy was born on October 29, 1919 the son of Elmer and Anna Anderson. Roy was raised in the Craig/ Oakland area. after graduating from high school, he joined the United States Army. After WWII he attended and graduated from the University of Nebraska. After his graduation he began teaching and then attended law school. While he was in law school, he was united in marriage to Esther Calhoun in 1946. Roy moved to Blair in the 1950’s and worked as a lawyer and served as the Washington County Attorney for several years. He shared a practice with Greg Drew in Blair until Roy’s retirement in 2005. Roy was always active in the community through several service organizations and with the First United Methodist Church. Roy is survived by his son and daughter-in-law Charles Anderson and Anastasia Aggelaki of San Marcos; grandchildren: Chelsea and Blake Bowen of Carrollton, TX, and Laurel Anderson and Laura Fuller of Blair. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Esther, daughter Betsy Anderson, son Frank Anderson, sisters Gladys Jack and Lucille Thorndike and brothers Clifford and Charles Anderson. Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church or Memorial Community Hospital, Blair.