Edward W. Anacker

I immediately liked Ed Anacker after I starting bumping into him at BSWD runs and timing track meets 13 years ago. Everything that I subsequently learned about him only increased my admiration. Ed was a rarel model of a life well lived.

They don't make 'em like Ed any more. We'll ,miss him more and more as time goes by.

jb

Ed was the World's slowest runner and when he showed up to the fun runs holding hands with Stella it was the dearest sight...even though he was the World's slowest runner!

April 13, 2011

Things I remember Edward Anacker said - - "Don't lie down on the job. Don't take the easy way". Somewhere around our high school years these exhortations would provoke amused smiles amongst their usual targets, his sons. By then we knew the score. Dad was renowned amongst friends and family as one who seldom took the less than inhumanly epic, let alone easy, way as an intramural MSC heavyweight wrestling champ, 50 - 100 mile ultramarathoner, across Montana in a day...

While it has been too many years since my travels back to the lovely home grandpa built, I will always hold him as a treasured part of my childhood memories. I smile as I remember the games of chinese checkers, having him walk me upside down on the ceiling, the great christmas cards, and the warmth of his smile. I wish I could be there to celebrate his life.

I remember Ed at my dad's 90th birthday party at Lindley Park with his many slides of dad and all of their friends skiing up Mt Ellis, the Bridger ridge, the Tetons and all the wonderful stories about those times. What a wonderful memory!! I'll always remember Ed!

Dr. Anacker treated his graduate students to a weekend hike at Granite Peak/grasshopper glacier area in l965. I was asked to be the campground cook, but ended up joining them in the hike up the mountain! He will always be commended for the friendships he had with his students along with his excellence in teaching and research. Thank you so much, Ed. :-)

I'm sorry to hear about Mr. Anacker's passing. He and his wife, Stella, were fixtures of my childhood and terrific role models. I'm so glad they named the Ridge Run in his honor.

The Silver Snails will miss our captain and fearless leader for the Frank Newman Relay. Ed always organizer the relay team of "mature" runners. He finished his leg last year with style.
Bob Wade and Kthay Brown