FATHER ARTHUR ANDERSON

Fr. Arthur T. Anderson Priest of the Camden Diocese Father Arthur T. Anderson of Cherry Hill, N.J., died Feb. 17, 2018. He was 86. Visitation is Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. and Monday morning from 10 to 10:45 a.m. in St. Thomas More Church, 1439 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday at 11 a.m. Interment is at Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill. Fr. Anderson is survived by his sisters, Muriel M. Parmalee of Dingmans Ferry, Pa., and Sister Margaret I. Anderson, O.P. of Bronx, N.Y. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Patricia Anderson of Mainland, Ohio; nine nieces and nephews; 23 grandnieces and nephews, and four great-grandnieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, John and Catherine Anderson; brother, Thomas; nephew, John, and grandnephew, Robert. Fr. Anderson was ordained a priest of the Camden Diocese in 1958 after graduating from St. Bonaventure and Christ the King Seminary, Olean, N.Y. He served in parishes across South Jersey as parochial vicar in Camden, N.J., Haddon Twp., N.J., and Pomona, N.J., and pastor of churches in Pennsauken, N.J., and Oaklyn, N.J. Fr. Anderson also served on the faculty at Gloucester Catholic, Camden Catholic and Paul VI High Schools. He retired in 2001. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to House of Charity, the Dominican Sisters of Hope or to the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany. Please visit schetterfh.com.