Lowell Wayne Anderson

Lowell Wayne Anderson passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint, Id. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 24 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Bonners Ferry. Interment will follow in the Grandview Cemetery with military rites. Viewing will be held on Thursday, July 23, 2009 from 4:00 pm till 8:00 pm at the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Lowell was born December 3, 1927 to Luther and Alice Anderson in Crosby, North Dakota. He moved to a farm in Pleasant Valley when he was seven years old. He attended school at Moravia grade School and Bonners Ferry High School. Enlisting in the Army in 1946, he spent time in Camp Fuchinobie, Japan where he helped in the reconstruction effort. Returning to Bonners Ferry he married Beulah Carol McCalmant on April 8,1948 at the Hitching Post in Coeur d' Alene, ID. They had 3 sons: Roger Lee, Benny Gene, and Oscar Dean. They also raised a nephew and niece: Leroy and Freida Nagel. Lowell logged for Pack River Lumber Company and began Cat skidding and trail building. He later purchased his own Cat D6B crawler and began logging for Koyle Hatfield . In 1969 Lowell formed Anderson Logging and began working for Bonners Ferry Lumber Co. building roads and logging. Along with their logging operation, the Anderson family maintained a Grade A Dairy for 10 years on Highland Flats. He was also a partner in North Idaho Energy Logs and was active in it's development. Lowell and Beulah moved to Pleasant Valley in 1970. After retiring from logging and road building, Lowell took up farming and spent many happy hours on his tractor. They enjoyed several winters in Yuma, AZ and put many miles on their motor home traveling with friends and family. Lowell was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Beulah; his sister Lois Bussey and her husband Jim; sons: Roger and wife Sue, Ben and wife Dorothy, Oscar and wife Shirley, 8 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be made to Hospice or the Trinity Lutheran Church of Bonners Ferry. Family and friends are invited to sign Lowell’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangement are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.