Anderson, Kenneth Theodore (1909-1996) — also known as Kenneth Anderson — of Emporia, Lyon County, Kan. Born in Burdick, Morris County, Kan., June 22, 1909. Son of Emil Theodore Anderson and Cora Florentine (Bjorkback) Anderson; married, February 6, 1958, to Norma Jean Denny. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1948; member of Democratic National Committee from Kansas, 1952-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1956. Lutheran. Member, Phi Gamma Delta. Died March 30, 1996.
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Emporia Gazette, Thursday, April 4, 1996; p. 2
Kenneth T. Anderson
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, 76 [86], a longtime resident of Emporia and widely-known Kansan, operator of farming, oil and cattle interests, died March 30, 1996, at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., where he had lived the past six years. Mr. Anderson also lived in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1951, Mr. Anderson was named The Gazette Man of the Week for his work in Democrat politics, as a Flint Hills area cattleman, as the first president of the Lyon County Fair Association and “as one of the few Emporians to be listed in the current Who’s Who in America.”
Mr. Anderson began his career in the cattle business at a very young age; by the age of nine, he was helping his father, E. T., with farming and the cattle business. Recalling the days when he rode horseback with a seasoned cowboy who worked for the Anderson family in Burdick, Kenneth Anderson once said, “I rode thousands of miles with Billy Martin when I was a boy – I ate his cooking and slept in his bed and neither was exactly tidy.”
Later, in 1920s between school sessions, Mr. Anderson lived on and managed a 5,500 acre ranch near Hymer, which was owned by his father. These activities of Kenneth Anderson’s early life developed his love for the business, the Anderson Cattle Co., that he later entered into with his father.
In 1927, the family moved to Wichita where Kenneth Anderson entered law school at Wichita State University. As a university sophomore, he did part-time work for the law firm of Ayers, Cowan, McCorkle and Fair. From 1928-1930, he and his brother, Russell, farmed a section of ground in Stanton County, planting and harvesting between school sessions. Kenneth Anderson graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in business.
He returned to Kansas to Herington where he operated a hotel and restaurant owned by E. T. Anderson. This business was later traded for a 227-acre farm and home on the north edge of Emporia.
In the early 1930s, Mr. Anderson joined Skelly Oil and Gas Co., starting as an assistant chief operator of the natural gas plant in Skellytown, Texas. His success in increasing production at the Skellytown business prompted his transfer to Seminole, Okla., where he became chief operator of this business with like success. He later transferred to the Skelly corporate office in Chicago, and in the summer of 1936, he went into the oil and gas business for himself in southern Illinois.
In 1940, his father became ill and Mr. Anderson returned to Emporia to care for his family and their 3,200 head of cattle on feed. As his father’s health became better, Kenneth and E. T. Anderson purchased a large sheep feeding business on the west side of Emporia. They converted the operation to handle cattle and founded the Anderson Cattle Co.
This was the restart of a father and son business “which was colorful, exciting and most of all, we had a lot of fun," Kenneth Anderson had said.
In 1944, Mr. Anderson was commissioned a naval officer. When he returned to Emporia in 1946, he and his father continued their partnership. Because of their interest in civic and youth organizations, such as 4-H and the Future Farmers of America, they donated 43 acres of land to be the home of the Lyon County Fair.
In 1948, Mr. Anderson was elected to the state legislature and reached near victory for the office of governor of Kansas in 1950. He was elected Democratic National Committeeman in 1952 and played a key role in the nomination of Adlai Stevenson for president that same year.
During the same period of time, Mr. Anderson owned a newspaper in Salina, a Ford automobile dealership, several grain elevators and established the first Federal Communication Commission licensed television station in the state.
His strong support of the Democratic Party led to the victories of George Docking in 1956 and 1958. By financing an effort to align support of the Democratic Party behind John F. Kennedy, Kennedy was elected president in 1960 by a narrow margin. During Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson’s administrations, Mr. Anderson was a member of the Federal Farm Credit Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He also was chairman of the Board of Governors of the Agriculture Hall of Fame.
In 1959, Mr. Anderson and cattleman Hugo Bixler of Emporia were featured in The Gazette when they went to Russia and western European countries as members of a “Farmers Good Will Tour.”
By 1960, the Anderson Cattle Co. had grown to be the largest commercial cattle feeding operation in the eastern two-thirds of the United States, and in 1965, he and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, where the operations were expanded. The family returned to Emporia in 1975.
In 1984, Mr. Anderson owned the Anderson Car and Truck Leasing Co. in Emporia, and he and his children were partners in a general business organization called Triple A Enterprises.
He moved from Emporia to Tulsa six years ago.
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, the son of E. T. and Cora Anderson, was born June 22, 1909, at Burdick. He married Norma Jean Denny in 1958. She died Feb. 10, 1992.
Mr. Anderson was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.
He is survived by a son, E. T. Anderson of Emporia; two daughters, Lisa Anderson of Lawrence and Michelle Anderson of San Antonio; two brothers, Russell Anderson of Emporia and Dr. Robert L. Anderson of Tulsa, Okla.
The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. April 12 in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. The Rev. Peter Rupprecht will conduct the service.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be sent to the church, the Lyon County Fair Board or the Lyon County 4-H Council scholarship fund.
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, April 5, 1996; p. 2
Kenneth T. Anderson
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, who died March 30, 1996, was 86 years of age. The incorrect age was given in the obituary published Thursday.
The memorial services will be at 2 p.m. April 12 in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. There will a private inurnment service at a later date.
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Emporia Gazette, Thursday, April 4, 1996; p. 2
Kenneth T. Anderson
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, 76 [86], a longtime resident of Emporia and widely-known Kansan, operator of farming, oil and cattle interests, died March 30, 1996, at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., where he had lived the past six years. Mr. Anderson also lived in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1951, Mr. Anderson was named The Gazette Man of the Week for his work in Democrat politics, as a Flint Hills area cattleman, as the first president of the Lyon County Fair Association and “as one of the few Emporians to be listed in the current Who’s Who in America.”
Mr. Anderson began his career in the cattle business at a very young age; by the age of nine, he was helping his father, E. T., with farming and the cattle business. Recalling the days when he rode horseback with a seasoned cowboy who worked for the Anderson family in Burdick, Kenneth Anderson once said, “I rode thousands of miles with Billy Martin when I was a boy – I ate his cooking and slept in his bed and neither was exactly tidy.”
Later, in 1920s between school sessions, Mr. Anderson lived on and managed a 5,500 acre ranch near Hymer, which was owned by his father. These activities of Kenneth Anderson’s early life developed his love for the business, the Anderson Cattle Co., that he later entered into with his father.
In 1927, the family moved to Wichita where Kenneth Anderson entered law school at Wichita State University. As a university sophomore, he did part-time work for the law firm of Ayers, Cowan, McCorkle and Fair. From 1928-1930, he and his brother, Russell, farmed a section of ground in Stanton County, planting and harvesting between school sessions. Kenneth Anderson graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in business.
He returned to Kansas to Herington where he operated a hotel and restaurant owned by E. T. Anderson. This business was later traded for a 227-acre farm and home on the north edge of Emporia.
In the early 1930s, Mr. Anderson joined Skelly Oil and Gas Co., starting as an assistant chief operator of the natural gas plant in Skellytown, Texas. His success in increasing production at the Skellytown business prompted his transfer to Seminole, Okla., where he became chief operator of this business with like success. He later transferred to the Skelly corporate office in Chicago, and in the summer of 1936, he went into the oil and gas business for himself in southern Illinois.
In 1940, his father became ill and Mr. Anderson returned to Emporia to care for his family and their 3,200 head of cattle on feed. As his father’s health became better, Kenneth and E. T. Anderson purchased a large sheep feeding business on the west side of Emporia. They converted the operation to handle cattle and founded the Anderson Cattle Co.
This was the restart of a father and son business “which was colorful, exciting and most of all, we had a lot of fun," Kenneth Anderson had said.
In 1944, Mr. Anderson was commissioned a naval officer. When he returned to Emporia in 1946, he and his father continued their partnership. Because of their interest in civic and youth organizations, such as 4-H and the Future Farmers of America, they donated 43 acres of land to be the home of the Lyon County Fair.
In 1948, Mr. Anderson was elected to the state legislature and reached near victory for the office of governor of Kansas in 1950. He was elected Democratic National Committeeman in 1952 and played a key role in the nomination of Adlai Stevenson for president that same year.
During the same period of time, Mr. Anderson owned a newspaper in Salina, a Ford automobile dealership, several grain elevators and established the first Federal Communication Commission licensed television station in the state.
His strong support of the Democratic Party led to the victories of George Docking in 1956 and 1958. By financing an effort to align support of the Democratic Party behind John F. Kennedy, Kennedy was elected president in 1960 by a narrow margin. During Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson’s administrations, Mr. Anderson was a member of the Federal Farm Credit Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He also was chairman of the Board of Governors of the Agriculture Hall of Fame.
In 1959, Mr. Anderson and cattleman Hugo Bixler of Emporia were featured in The Gazette when they went to Russia and western European countries as members of a “Farmers Good Will Tour.”
By 1960, the Anderson Cattle Co. had grown to be the largest commercial cattle feeding operation in the eastern two-thirds of the United States, and in 1965, he and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, where the operations were expanded. The family returned to Emporia in 1975.
In 1984, Mr. Anderson owned the Anderson Car and Truck Leasing Co. in Emporia, and he and his children were partners in a general business organization called Triple A Enterprises.
He moved from Emporia to Tulsa six years ago.
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, the son of E. T. and Cora Anderson, was born June 22, 1909, at Burdick. He married Norma Jean Denny in 1958. She died Feb. 10, 1992.
Mr. Anderson was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.
He is survived by a son, E. T. Anderson of Emporia; two daughters, Lisa Anderson of Lawrence and Michelle Anderson of San Antonio; two brothers, Russell Anderson of Emporia and Dr. Robert L. Anderson of Tulsa, Okla.
The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. April 12 in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. The Rev. Peter Rupprecht will conduct the service.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be sent to the church, the Lyon County Fair Board or the Lyon County 4-H Council scholarship fund.
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, April 5, 1996; p. 2
Kenneth T. Anderson
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, who died March 30, 1996, was 86 years of age. The incorrect age was given in the obituary published Thursday.
The memorial services will be at 2 p.m. April 12 in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. There will a private inurnment service at a later date.
Anderson, Kenneth Theodore (1909-1996) — also known as Kenneth Anderson — of Emporia, Lyon County, Kan. Born in Burdick, Morris County, Kan., June 22, 1909. Son of Emil Theodore Anderson and Cora Florentine (Bjorkback) Anderson; married, February 6, 1958, to Norma Jean Denny. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1948; member of Democratic National Committee from Kansas, 1952-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1956. Lutheran. Member, Phi Gamma Delta. Died March 30, 1996.
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Emporia Gazette, Thursday, April 4, 1996; p. 2
Kenneth T. Anderson
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, 76 [86], a longtime resident of Emporia and widely-known Kansan, operator of farming, oil and cattle interests, died March 30, 1996, at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., where he had lived the past six years. Mr. Anderson also lived in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1951, Mr. Anderson was named The Gazette Man of the Week for his work in Democrat politics, as a Flint Hills area cattleman, as the first president of the Lyon County Fair Association and “as one of the few Emporians to be listed in the current Who’s Who in America.”
Mr. Anderson began his career in the cattle business at a very young age; by the age of nine, he was helping his father, E. T., with farming and the cattle business. Recalling the days when he rode horseback with a seasoned cowboy who worked for the Anderson family in Burdick, Kenneth Anderson once said, “I rode thousands of miles with Billy Martin when I was a boy – I ate his cooking and slept in his bed and neither was exactly tidy.”
Later, in 1920s between school sessions, Mr. Anderson lived on and managed a 5,500 acre ranch near Hymer, which was owned by his father. These activities of Kenneth Anderson’s early life developed his love for the business, the Anderson Cattle Co., that he later entered into with his father.
In 1927, the family moved to Wichita where Kenneth Anderson entered law school at Wichita State University. As a university sophomore, he did part-time work for the law firm of Ayers, Cowan, McCorkle and Fair. From 1928-1930, he and his brother, Russell, farmed a section of ground in Stanton County, planting and harvesting between school sessions. Kenneth Anderson graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in business.
He returned to Kansas to Herington where he operated a hotel and restaurant owned by E. T. Anderson. This business was later traded for a 227-acre farm and home on the north edge of Emporia.
In the early 1930s, Mr. Anderson joined Skelly Oil and Gas Co., starting as an assistant chief operator of the natural gas plant in Skellytown, Texas. His success in increasing production at the Skellytown business prompted his transfer to Seminole, Okla., where he became chief operator of this business with like success. He later transferred to the Skelly corporate office in Chicago, and in the summer of 1936, he went into the oil and gas business for himself in southern Illinois.
In 1940, his father became ill and Mr. Anderson returned to Emporia to care for his family and their 3,200 head of cattle on feed. As his father’s health became better, Kenneth and E. T. Anderson purchased a large sheep feeding business on the west side of Emporia. They converted the operation to handle cattle and founded the Anderson Cattle Co.
This was the restart of a father and son business “which was colorful, exciting and most of all, we had a lot of fun," Kenneth Anderson had said.
In 1944, Mr. Anderson was commissioned a naval officer. When he returned to Emporia in 1946, he and his father continued their partnership. Because of their interest in civic and youth organizations, such as 4-H and the Future Farmers of America, they donated 43 acres of land to be the home of the Lyon County Fair.
In 1948, Mr. Anderson was elected to the state legislature and reached near victory for the office of governor of Kansas in 1950. He was elected Democratic National Committeeman in 1952 and played a key role in the nomination of Adlai Stevenson for president that same year.
During the same period of time, Mr. Anderson owned a newspaper in Salina, a Ford automobile dealership, several grain elevators and established the first Federal Communication Commission licensed television station in the state.
His strong support of the Democratic Party led to the victories of George Docking in 1956 and 1958. By financing an effort to align support of the Democratic Party behind John F. Kennedy, Kennedy was elected president in 1960 by a narrow margin. During Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson’s administrations, Mr. Anderson was a member of the Federal Farm Credit Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He also was chairman of the Board of Governors of the Agriculture Hall of Fame.
In 1959, Mr. Anderson and cattleman Hugo Bixler of Emporia were featured in The Gazette when they went to Russia and western European countries as members of a “Farmers Good Will Tour.”
By 1960, the Anderson Cattle Co. had grown to be the largest commercial cattle feeding operation in the eastern two-thirds of the United States, and in 1965, he and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, where the operations were expanded. The family returned to Emporia in 1975.
In 1984, Mr. Anderson owned the Anderson Car and Truck Leasing Co. in Emporia, and he and his children were partners in a general business organization called Triple A Enterprises.
He moved from Emporia to Tulsa six years ago.
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, the son of E. T. and Cora Anderson, was born June 22, 1909, at Burdick. He married Norma Jean Denny in 1958. She died Feb. 10, 1992.
Mr. Anderson was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.
He is survived by a son, E. T. Anderson of Emporia; two daughters, Lisa Anderson of Lawrence and Michelle Anderson of San Antonio; two brothers, Russell Anderson of Emporia and Dr. Robert L. Anderson of Tulsa, Okla.
The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. April 12 in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. The Rev. Peter Rupprecht will conduct the service.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be sent to the church, the Lyon County Fair Board or the Lyon County 4-H Council scholarship fund.
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, April 5, 1996; p. 2
Kenneth T. Anderson
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, who died March 30, 1996, was 86 years of age. The incorrect age was given in the obituary published Thursday.
The memorial services will be at 2 p.m. April 12 in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. There will a private inurnment service at a later date.
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Emporia Gazette, Thursday, April 4, 1996; p. 2
Kenneth T. Anderson
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, 76 [86], a longtime resident of Emporia and widely-known Kansan, operator of farming, oil and cattle interests, died March 30, 1996, at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., where he had lived the past six years. Mr. Anderson also lived in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1951, Mr. Anderson was named The Gazette Man of the Week for his work in Democrat politics, as a Flint Hills area cattleman, as the first president of the Lyon County Fair Association and “as one of the few Emporians to be listed in the current Who’s Who in America.”
Mr. Anderson began his career in the cattle business at a very young age; by the age of nine, he was helping his father, E. T., with farming and the cattle business. Recalling the days when he rode horseback with a seasoned cowboy who worked for the Anderson family in Burdick, Kenneth Anderson once said, “I rode thousands of miles with Billy Martin when I was a boy – I ate his cooking and slept in his bed and neither was exactly tidy.”
Later, in 1920s between school sessions, Mr. Anderson lived on and managed a 5,500 acre ranch near Hymer, which was owned by his father. These activities of Kenneth Anderson’s early life developed his love for the business, the Anderson Cattle Co., that he later entered into with his father.
In 1927, the family moved to Wichita where Kenneth Anderson entered law school at Wichita State University. As a university sophomore, he did part-time work for the law firm of Ayers, Cowan, McCorkle and Fair. From 1928-1930, he and his brother, Russell, farmed a section of ground in Stanton County, planting and harvesting between school sessions. Kenneth Anderson graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in business.
He returned to Kansas to Herington where he operated a hotel and restaurant owned by E. T. Anderson. This business was later traded for a 227-acre farm and home on the north edge of Emporia.
In the early 1930s, Mr. Anderson joined Skelly Oil and Gas Co., starting as an assistant chief operator of the natural gas plant in Skellytown, Texas. His success in increasing production at the Skellytown business prompted his transfer to Seminole, Okla., where he became chief operator of this business with like success. He later transferred to the Skelly corporate office in Chicago, and in the summer of 1936, he went into the oil and gas business for himself in southern Illinois.
In 1940, his father became ill and Mr. Anderson returned to Emporia to care for his family and their 3,200 head of cattle on feed. As his father’s health became better, Kenneth and E. T. Anderson purchased a large sheep feeding business on the west side of Emporia. They converted the operation to handle cattle and founded the Anderson Cattle Co.
This was the restart of a father and son business “which was colorful, exciting and most of all, we had a lot of fun," Kenneth Anderson had said.
In 1944, Mr. Anderson was commissioned a naval officer. When he returned to Emporia in 1946, he and his father continued their partnership. Because of their interest in civic and youth organizations, such as 4-H and the Future Farmers of America, they donated 43 acres of land to be the home of the Lyon County Fair.
In 1948, Mr. Anderson was elected to the state legislature and reached near victory for the office of governor of Kansas in 1950. He was elected Democratic National Committeeman in 1952 and played a key role in the nomination of Adlai Stevenson for president that same year.
During the same period of time, Mr. Anderson owned a newspaper in Salina, a Ford automobile dealership, several grain elevators and established the first Federal Communication Commission licensed television station in the state.
His strong support of the Democratic Party led to the victories of George Docking in 1956 and 1958. By financing an effort to align support of the Democratic Party behind John F. Kennedy, Kennedy was elected president in 1960 by a narrow margin. During Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson’s administrations, Mr. Anderson was a member of the Federal Farm Credit Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He also was chairman of the Board of Governors of the Agriculture Hall of Fame.
In 1959, Mr. Anderson and cattleman Hugo Bixler of Emporia were featured in The Gazette when they went to Russia and western European countries as members of a “Farmers Good Will Tour.”
By 1960, the Anderson Cattle Co. had grown to be the largest commercial cattle feeding operation in the eastern two-thirds of the United States, and in 1965, he and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, where the operations were expanded. The family returned to Emporia in 1975.
In 1984, Mr. Anderson owned the Anderson Car and Truck Leasing Co. in Emporia, and he and his children were partners in a general business organization called Triple A Enterprises.
He moved from Emporia to Tulsa six years ago.
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, the son of E. T. and Cora Anderson, was born June 22, 1909, at Burdick. He married Norma Jean Denny in 1958. She died Feb. 10, 1992.
Mr. Anderson was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.
He is survived by a son, E. T. Anderson of Emporia; two daughters, Lisa Anderson of Lawrence and Michelle Anderson of San Antonio; two brothers, Russell Anderson of Emporia and Dr. Robert L. Anderson of Tulsa, Okla.
The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. April 12 in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. The Rev. Peter Rupprecht will conduct the service.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be sent to the church, the Lyon County Fair Board or the Lyon County 4-H Council scholarship fund.
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Emporia Gazette, Friday, April 5, 1996; p. 2
Kenneth T. Anderson
Kenneth Theodore Anderson, who died March 30, 1996, was 86 years of age. The incorrect age was given in the obituary published Thursday.
The memorial services will be at 2 p.m. April 12 in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. There will a private inurnment service at a later date.
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