Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Menzie L. Anderson

June 29, 1919 - March 4, 1998

 

South Bend Tribune 3/6/1998

Menzie L. ''Andy'' Anderson, 78, of the Ironwood Health & Rehabilitation Center, formerly of North Main Street, Mishawaka, Ind., died on Wednesday, March 4, at the center. He was born on June 29, 1919, in Stewartville, Ind., and had lived in this area since 1937. His parents, Menzie and Ina (Kincheloe) Anderson, preceded him in death. He was married in 1939 to Geraldine Workman, who preceded him in death in 1967. He was also preceded in death by his son, Eugene Anderson of South Carolina in 1997.

 

He married Virginia Graybosch on May 25, 1968, in South Bend. She survives. He is also survived by a son, James of California; three stepsons, Jerry Graybosch of Elgin, Ill., Alan Graybosch of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Bob Graybosch of Lake Villa, Ill.; two sisters, Elsie Russell of Evansville and Muriel Harrison of Lawrenceburg, Ind.; a brother, Doyle Anderson of South Bend; and by nine grandchildren and a great-grandson.

 

Andy worked at Hawthorne Melody Dairy as a milkman and later as credit manager until the dairy closed. He then worked at Photo Tech Labs in Mishawaka and retired from there in 1988.

Andy loved to write and was working on a book about his hometown of Stewartsville. He also wrote many poems and short stories.

 

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the Harris Prairie Church of Christ where he was a member, with Dan Crosley officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.

The Bubb Funeral Chapel North is handling arrangements and cremation. Andy was a kind and loving man who will be greatly missed by all who knew him.