Arthur Dale Anderson

1928 - 2009

Arthur Dale Anderson, age 81, of 233 E. Muskingum St., Freeport, died at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, in Wheeling Hospital at Wheeling, W.Va.
Born Oct. 5, 1928, in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, O., he was a son of the late James Arthur Anderson and Mary Douglass Anderson.
Dale was a 1946 graduate of Holloway High School where he participated in basketball, baseball and six man football. Following graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served our country for 18 months. He was then employed by the Ohio Department of Transportation, retiring as a supervisor in 1995 after 31 and a half years of employment. He was also a farmer.
He was affiliated with the Freeport Presbyterian Church, was an avid Lakeland Raider basketball fan and supported the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Cleveland Browns. He loved to hunt squirrels, rabbits and an occasional quail.
Surviving is his wife of 56 years, Jean Ivolene Rapp Anderson. They were married Oct. 31, 1953.
Also surviving are two sons, Marvin Dale Anderson and Wayne Alan Anderson, two sisters, Dorothy Brown of Kenton and Bernice Tomer of Holloway, several nieces and nephews, and close family friends, Cindy and Bruce Smith and son and Julie Sears and Chris Shippy and their family.
Dale was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister, Walter Anderson, Kenneth Anderson and Erma Scbok.
American Legion Post No. 168 of Barnesville will have a service at 12 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, in Koch Funeral Home, 216 S. High St., Freeport, followed by the funeral service with Pastor Jim McConnell officiating. Burial will follow in Greenmont Union Cemetery at Freeport. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, in the funeral home.
Online condolences may be made on the funeral home's Web site.
Koch, Freeport
(740) 658-3470
www.kochfuneralhome.net