James H. Anderson, age 75, a life long resident of Mount Clemens, Michigan passed away on Sunday, June 27, 2010 as a result of injuries sustained from a tornado that stuck the Fort Trodd Campground in Clyde Township, in St. Clair County, Michigan where he was camping for the weekend.
He was born July 12, 1934 in Mount Clemens, to the late Stephen and Evelyn Anderson.
The love story of Janet and James began fifty years ago in 1959 when he when he took the hand of the former Janet A. Deneweth and they were united in marriage. On September 12, 2010, they would have celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary. The brightness of their life together will continue to shine on, through the legacy of their children and grandchildren and generations to come.
Mr. Anderson proudly served his country in the United States Army.
An employee of the city of Mount Clemens for over 36 years in the Parks and Recreation Department, he retired in 1996.
His memberships and interests revealed the character of the man who sought to increase the quality of life of those around him.
A member of the Mount Clemens Goodfellows, whose motto is ‘No Child without a Christmas' speaks volumes of the charity work he was involved with, making a commitment to an organization such as this.
St. Vincent dePaul was another organization that was graced by his talents.
He was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens, and was a volunteer fire fighter for the Mount Clemens Fire Department.
This year, Mr. Anderson was to serve as the 2010 President of the Old Crowd, a men's civic and social organization founded in 1880 with their annual event in August. He would have been only one of 130 men to hold this distinctive honor.
Family life was very important to him. Tradition of the attending the Port Huron to Mackinaw race was on the calendar every year. Visits to Florida, celebrating the warm holidays, Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day, and the pig roasts with family and friends created memories long cherished.
He will be remembered as a true outdoorsman enjoying deer hunting, and especially finding pleasure in his weekend camping trips.
He shared unconditional love for his grandchildren, and could spoil them better then any grandfather anywhere.
He will be missed by his loving wife of 50 years, Janet, his children, Robert (Hope) Anderson of Macomb Township, Michigan, James (MacKay) Anderson of Orlando, Florida, Stephen (LeAnn) Anderson of Macomb Township and Kerry Anderson of Mount Clemens, brother Norman (Alta) Anderson of Houston, Texas, four sisters Connie, Vickie, Sandy and Dorothy, and nine grandchildren, Robert II, Bradley, Elise, Karli, MacKenzie, Kelly, Cody, Kyle, Cameron.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by siblings, Jack, Jean and Pauline.
A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Peter Catholic Church, 95 Market, Mt. Clemens, Michigan on Friday, July 2, 2010 at 9:30 am (instate 9:00am) with the Reverend Father Michael N. Cooney officiating.
Final resting place will be in St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Clinton Township, Michigan.
Family will receive friends during a visitation in the Harold W. Vick Funeral Home, 140 South Main, Mount Clemens, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 from 4:00 until 8:00 pm, and also on Thursday, July 1, 2010 from 1:00 pm until 8:00 pm with a Holy Rosary at 7pm.
Family suggest contributions to St. Vincent de Paul.
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Family of Michigan tornado victim mourns
BY MATT HELMS and ZLATI MEYER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
June 29, 2010
James Anderson and his wife of 50 years had just attended a wedding Saturday night.
Afterward, James, a 75-year-old retired streets department worker and volunteer firefighter for Mt. Clemens, headed up to the family's camper at the Ft. Trodd Family Campground Resort in Clyde Township in St. Clair County.
His wife, Janet, stayed home at the couple's tidy ranch house in Mt. Clemens, where they raised their family.
About 7:15 p.m. Sunday, a tornado slammed into the campground west of Port Huron, killing James Anderson.
A cousin and several family friends who also camp at Ft. Trodd were among four others injured by the twister, Anderson's daughter Kerry Anderson said Monday.
"We've been going there for six or seven years," Kerry Anderson said at her parents' home Monday as the family prepared to make funeral arrangements. "We spent all our weekends there. It was close to home, and the people were very friendly. Every year you went up and met someone new. It was like family."
Her father loved fishing in the camp's pond and to sit around campfires with friends. The Andersons had a year-round lease on a campsite.
"It was his little oasis," Kerry Anderson said. "He loved it."
The twister was one of three that tore across southeast Michigan on Sunday. The others didn't cause any injuries, but did damage homes and knock down trees and power lines on a 1.4-mile stretch in Huron Township in western Wayne County and in Marlette in Sanilac County, officials said.
St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon said three of the four people injured as the tornado flung RVs and large campers around the campground remained hospitalized in Port Huron on Monday. A 48-year-old woman was released, but two people -- a 64-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man -- were in intensive care. A 54-year-old man had less severe injuries. All are expected to survive.
Meteorologist Steve Freitag, of the National Weather Service's White Lake Township office, said it wasn't initially clear that it was a tornado that slammed the campground. Meteorologists checked radar, assessed damage patterns and talked to witnesses and determined Monday that it indeed was a twister, rated an EF1, with winds of 86-110 m.p.h. -- considered weak, but still deadly.
Donnellon said divers searched the campground's pond and didn't find any bodies. No one was reported missing, but Donnellon said he wanted to make sure.
An autopsy concluded Anderson, who was outside his camper when the twister hit, died from weather-related impact trauma, Donnellon said.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and 1-8 p.m. Thursday at the Harold W. Vick Funeral Home, 140 S. Main St., in Mt. Clemens. A funeral mass is set for 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Peter Catholic Church, 95 Market St., in Mt. Clemens. Burial will be in St. Peter Cemetery in Clinton Township.
He was born July 12, 1934 in Mount Clemens, to the late Stephen and Evelyn Anderson.
The love story of Janet and James began fifty years ago in 1959 when he when he took the hand of the former Janet A. Deneweth and they were united in marriage. On September 12, 2010, they would have celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary. The brightness of their life together will continue to shine on, through the legacy of their children and grandchildren and generations to come.
Mr. Anderson proudly served his country in the United States Army.
An employee of the city of Mount Clemens for over 36 years in the Parks and Recreation Department, he retired in 1996.
His memberships and interests revealed the character of the man who sought to increase the quality of life of those around him.
A member of the Mount Clemens Goodfellows, whose motto is ‘No Child without a Christmas' speaks volumes of the charity work he was involved with, making a commitment to an organization such as this.
St. Vincent dePaul was another organization that was graced by his talents.
He was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens, and was a volunteer fire fighter for the Mount Clemens Fire Department.
This year, Mr. Anderson was to serve as the 2010 President of the Old Crowd, a men's civic and social organization founded in 1880 with their annual event in August. He would have been only one of 130 men to hold this distinctive honor.
Family life was very important to him. Tradition of the attending the Port Huron to Mackinaw race was on the calendar every year. Visits to Florida, celebrating the warm holidays, Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day, and the pig roasts with family and friends created memories long cherished.
He will be remembered as a true outdoorsman enjoying deer hunting, and especially finding pleasure in his weekend camping trips.
He shared unconditional love for his grandchildren, and could spoil them better then any grandfather anywhere.
He will be missed by his loving wife of 50 years, Janet, his children, Robert (Hope) Anderson of Macomb Township, Michigan, James (MacKay) Anderson of Orlando, Florida, Stephen (LeAnn) Anderson of Macomb Township and Kerry Anderson of Mount Clemens, brother Norman (Alta) Anderson of Houston, Texas, four sisters Connie, Vickie, Sandy and Dorothy, and nine grandchildren, Robert II, Bradley, Elise, Karli, MacKenzie, Kelly, Cody, Kyle, Cameron.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by siblings, Jack, Jean and Pauline.
A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Peter Catholic Church, 95 Market, Mt. Clemens, Michigan on Friday, July 2, 2010 at 9:30 am (instate 9:00am) with the Reverend Father Michael N. Cooney officiating.
Final resting place will be in St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Clinton Township, Michigan.
Family will receive friends during a visitation in the Harold W. Vick Funeral Home, 140 South Main, Mount Clemens, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 from 4:00 until 8:00 pm, and also on Thursday, July 1, 2010 from 1:00 pm until 8:00 pm with a Holy Rosary at 7pm.
Family suggest contributions to St. Vincent de Paul.
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Family of Michigan tornado victim mourns
BY MATT HELMS and ZLATI MEYER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
June 29, 2010
James Anderson and his wife of 50 years had just attended a wedding Saturday night.
Afterward, James, a 75-year-old retired streets department worker and volunteer firefighter for Mt. Clemens, headed up to the family's camper at the Ft. Trodd Family Campground Resort in Clyde Township in St. Clair County.
His wife, Janet, stayed home at the couple's tidy ranch house in Mt. Clemens, where they raised their family.
About 7:15 p.m. Sunday, a tornado slammed into the campground west of Port Huron, killing James Anderson.
A cousin and several family friends who also camp at Ft. Trodd were among four others injured by the twister, Anderson's daughter Kerry Anderson said Monday.
"We've been going there for six or seven years," Kerry Anderson said at her parents' home Monday as the family prepared to make funeral arrangements. "We spent all our weekends there. It was close to home, and the people were very friendly. Every year you went up and met someone new. It was like family."
Her father loved fishing in the camp's pond and to sit around campfires with friends. The Andersons had a year-round lease on a campsite.
"It was his little oasis," Kerry Anderson said. "He loved it."
The twister was one of three that tore across southeast Michigan on Sunday. The others didn't cause any injuries, but did damage homes and knock down trees and power lines on a 1.4-mile stretch in Huron Township in western Wayne County and in Marlette in Sanilac County, officials said.
St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon said three of the four people injured as the tornado flung RVs and large campers around the campground remained hospitalized in Port Huron on Monday. A 48-year-old woman was released, but two people -- a 64-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man -- were in intensive care. A 54-year-old man had less severe injuries. All are expected to survive.
Meteorologist Steve Freitag, of the National Weather Service's White Lake Township office, said it wasn't initially clear that it was a tornado that slammed the campground. Meteorologists checked radar, assessed damage patterns and talked to witnesses and determined Monday that it indeed was a twister, rated an EF1, with winds of 86-110 m.p.h. -- considered weak, but still deadly.
Donnellon said divers searched the campground's pond and didn't find any bodies. No one was reported missing, but Donnellon said he wanted to make sure.
An autopsy concluded Anderson, who was outside his camper when the twister hit, died from weather-related impact trauma, Donnellon said.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and 1-8 p.m. Thursday at the Harold W. Vick Funeral Home, 140 S. Main St., in Mt. Clemens. A funeral mass is set for 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Peter Catholic Church, 95 Market St., in Mt. Clemens. Burial will be in St. Peter Cemetery in Clinton Township.
James H. Anderson, age 75, a life long resident of Mount Clemens, Michigan passed away on Sunday, June 27, 2010 as a result of injuries sustained from a tornado that stuck the Fort Trodd Campground in Clyde Township, in St. Clair County, Michigan where he was camping for the weekend.
He was born July 12, 1934 in Mount Clemens, to the late Stephen and Evelyn Anderson.
The love story of Janet and James began fifty years ago in 1959 when he when he took the hand of the former Janet A. Deneweth and they were united in marriage. On September 12, 2010, they would have celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary. The brightness of their life together will continue to shine on, through the legacy of their children and grandchildren and generations to come.
Mr. Anderson proudly served his country in the United States Army.
An employee of the city of Mount Clemens for over 36 years in the Parks and Recreation Department, he retired in 1996.
His memberships and interests revealed the character of the man who sought to increase the quality of life of those around him.
A member of the Mount Clemens Goodfellows, whose motto is ‘No Child without a Christmas' speaks volumes of the charity work he was involved with, making a commitment to an organization such as this.
St. Vincent dePaul was another organization that was graced by his talents.
He was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens, and was a volunteer fire fighter for the Mount Clemens Fire Department.
This year, Mr. Anderson was to serve as the 2010 President of the Old Crowd, a men's civic and social organization founded in 1880 with their annual event in August. He would have been only one of 130 men to hold this distinctive honor.
Family life was very important to him. Tradition of the attending the Port Huron to Mackinaw race was on the calendar every year. Visits to Florida, celebrating the warm holidays, Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day, and the pig roasts with family and friends created memories long cherished.
He will be remembered as a true outdoorsman enjoying deer hunting, and especially finding pleasure in his weekend camping trips.
He shared unconditional love for his grandchildren, and could spoil them better then any grandfather anywhere.
He will be missed by his loving wife of 50 years, Janet, his children, Robert (Hope) Anderson of Macomb Township, Michigan, James (MacKay) Anderson of Orlando, Florida, Stephen (LeAnn) Anderson of Macomb Township and Kerry Anderson of Mount Clemens, brother Norman (Alta) Anderson of Houston, Texas, four sisters Connie, Vickie, Sandy and Dorothy, and nine grandchildren, Robert II, Bradley, Elise, Karli, MacKenzie, Kelly, Cody, Kyle, Cameron.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by siblings, Jack, Jean and Pauline.
A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Peter Catholic Church, 95 Market, Mt. Clemens, Michigan on Friday, July 2, 2010 at 9:30 am (instate 9:00am) with the Reverend Father Michael N. Cooney officiating.
Final resting place will be in St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Clinton Township, Michigan.
Family will receive friends during a visitation in the Harold W. Vick Funeral Home, 140 South Main, Mount Clemens, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 from 4:00 until 8:00 pm, and also on Thursday, July 1, 2010 from 1:00 pm until 8:00 pm with a Holy Rosary at 7pm.
Family suggest contributions to St. Vincent de Paul.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Family of Michigan tornado victim mourns
BY MATT HELMS and ZLATI MEYER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
June 29, 2010
James Anderson and his wife of 50 years had just attended a wedding Saturday night.
Afterward, James, a 75-year-old retired streets department worker and volunteer firefighter for Mt. Clemens, headed up to the family's camper at the Ft. Trodd Family Campground Resort in Clyde Township in St. Clair County.
His wife, Janet, stayed home at the couple's tidy ranch house in Mt. Clemens, where they raised their family.
About 7:15 p.m. Sunday, a tornado slammed into the campground west of Port Huron, killing James Anderson.
A cousin and several family friends who also camp at Ft. Trodd were among four others injured by the twister, Anderson's daughter Kerry Anderson said Monday.
"We've been going there for six or seven years," Kerry Anderson said at her parents' home Monday as the family prepared to make funeral arrangements. "We spent all our weekends there. It was close to home, and the people were very friendly. Every year you went up and met someone new. It was like family."
Her father loved fishing in the camp's pond and to sit around campfires with friends. The Andersons had a year-round lease on a campsite.
"It was his little oasis," Kerry Anderson said. "He loved it."
The twister was one of three that tore across southeast Michigan on Sunday. The others didn't cause any injuries, but did damage homes and knock down trees and power lines on a 1.4-mile stretch in Huron Township in western Wayne County and in Marlette in Sanilac County, officials said.
St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon said three of the four people injured as the tornado flung RVs and large campers around the campground remained hospitalized in Port Huron on Monday. A 48-year-old woman was released, but two people -- a 64-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man -- were in intensive care. A 54-year-old man had less severe injuries. All are expected to survive.
Meteorologist Steve Freitag, of the National Weather Service's White Lake Township office, said it wasn't initially clear that it was a tornado that slammed the campground. Meteorologists checked radar, assessed damage patterns and talked to witnesses and determined Monday that it indeed was a twister, rated an EF1, with winds of 86-110 m.p.h. -- considered weak, but still deadly.
Donnellon said divers searched the campground's pond and didn't find any bodies. No one was reported missing, but Donnellon said he wanted to make sure.
An autopsy concluded Anderson, who was outside his camper when the twister hit, died from weather-related impact trauma, Donnellon said.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and 1-8 p.m. Thursday at the Harold W. Vick Funeral Home, 140 S. Main St., in Mt. Clemens. A funeral mass is set for 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Peter Catholic Church, 95 Market St., in Mt. Clemens. Burial will be in St. Peter Cemetery in Clinton Township.
He was born July 12, 1934 in Mount Clemens, to the late Stephen and Evelyn Anderson.
The love story of Janet and James began fifty years ago in 1959 when he when he took the hand of the former Janet A. Deneweth and they were united in marriage. On September 12, 2010, they would have celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary. The brightness of their life together will continue to shine on, through the legacy of their children and grandchildren and generations to come.
Mr. Anderson proudly served his country in the United States Army.
An employee of the city of Mount Clemens for over 36 years in the Parks and Recreation Department, he retired in 1996.
His memberships and interests revealed the character of the man who sought to increase the quality of life of those around him.
A member of the Mount Clemens Goodfellows, whose motto is ‘No Child without a Christmas' speaks volumes of the charity work he was involved with, making a commitment to an organization such as this.
St. Vincent dePaul was another organization that was graced by his talents.
He was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in Mount Clemens, and was a volunteer fire fighter for the Mount Clemens Fire Department.
This year, Mr. Anderson was to serve as the 2010 President of the Old Crowd, a men's civic and social organization founded in 1880 with their annual event in August. He would have been only one of 130 men to hold this distinctive honor.
Family life was very important to him. Tradition of the attending the Port Huron to Mackinaw race was on the calendar every year. Visits to Florida, celebrating the warm holidays, Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day, and the pig roasts with family and friends created memories long cherished.
He will be remembered as a true outdoorsman enjoying deer hunting, and especially finding pleasure in his weekend camping trips.
He shared unconditional love for his grandchildren, and could spoil them better then any grandfather anywhere.
He will be missed by his loving wife of 50 years, Janet, his children, Robert (Hope) Anderson of Macomb Township, Michigan, James (MacKay) Anderson of Orlando, Florida, Stephen (LeAnn) Anderson of Macomb Township and Kerry Anderson of Mount Clemens, brother Norman (Alta) Anderson of Houston, Texas, four sisters Connie, Vickie, Sandy and Dorothy, and nine grandchildren, Robert II, Bradley, Elise, Karli, MacKenzie, Kelly, Cody, Kyle, Cameron.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by siblings, Jack, Jean and Pauline.
A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Peter Catholic Church, 95 Market, Mt. Clemens, Michigan on Friday, July 2, 2010 at 9:30 am (instate 9:00am) with the Reverend Father Michael N. Cooney officiating.
Final resting place will be in St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Clinton Township, Michigan.
Family will receive friends during a visitation in the Harold W. Vick Funeral Home, 140 South Main, Mount Clemens, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 from 4:00 until 8:00 pm, and also on Thursday, July 1, 2010 from 1:00 pm until 8:00 pm with a Holy Rosary at 7pm.
Family suggest contributions to St. Vincent de Paul.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Family of Michigan tornado victim mourns
BY MATT HELMS and ZLATI MEYER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
June 29, 2010
James Anderson and his wife of 50 years had just attended a wedding Saturday night.
Afterward, James, a 75-year-old retired streets department worker and volunteer firefighter for Mt. Clemens, headed up to the family's camper at the Ft. Trodd Family Campground Resort in Clyde Township in St. Clair County.
His wife, Janet, stayed home at the couple's tidy ranch house in Mt. Clemens, where they raised their family.
About 7:15 p.m. Sunday, a tornado slammed into the campground west of Port Huron, killing James Anderson.
A cousin and several family friends who also camp at Ft. Trodd were among four others injured by the twister, Anderson's daughter Kerry Anderson said Monday.
"We've been going there for six or seven years," Kerry Anderson said at her parents' home Monday as the family prepared to make funeral arrangements. "We spent all our weekends there. It was close to home, and the people were very friendly. Every year you went up and met someone new. It was like family."
Her father loved fishing in the camp's pond and to sit around campfires with friends. The Andersons had a year-round lease on a campsite.
"It was his little oasis," Kerry Anderson said. "He loved it."
The twister was one of three that tore across southeast Michigan on Sunday. The others didn't cause any injuries, but did damage homes and knock down trees and power lines on a 1.4-mile stretch in Huron Township in western Wayne County and in Marlette in Sanilac County, officials said.
St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon said three of the four people injured as the tornado flung RVs and large campers around the campground remained hospitalized in Port Huron on Monday. A 48-year-old woman was released, but two people -- a 64-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man -- were in intensive care. A 54-year-old man had less severe injuries. All are expected to survive.
Meteorologist Steve Freitag, of the National Weather Service's White Lake Township office, said it wasn't initially clear that it was a tornado that slammed the campground. Meteorologists checked radar, assessed damage patterns and talked to witnesses and determined Monday that it indeed was a twister, rated an EF1, with winds of 86-110 m.p.h. -- considered weak, but still deadly.
Donnellon said divers searched the campground's pond and didn't find any bodies. No one was reported missing, but Donnellon said he wanted to make sure.
An autopsy concluded Anderson, who was outside his camper when the twister hit, died from weather-related impact trauma, Donnellon said.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and 1-8 p.m. Thursday at the Harold W. Vick Funeral Home, 140 S. Main St., in Mt. Clemens. A funeral mass is set for 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Peter Catholic Church, 95 Market St., in Mt. Clemens. Burial will be in St. Peter Cemetery in Clinton Township.
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