Arthur Burton Anderson
Arthur Burton Anderson 1924 ~ 2007 ST. GEORGE, UT- Arthur Burton Anderson passed away on June 6, 2007. He was born Jan. 24, 1924 in Salt Lake City to Clarence Wilford Anderson and Mabel Burton Anderson. He grew up in California and attended grade school in Riverside, CA. He also attended high school in Riverside, San Francisco and South High in Salt Lake City. He married his college sweetheart, Shirley Lauver of Cheyenne, WY on August 6, 1948 while they were attending Brigham Young University. He served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific theater during World War II which included participation in the Battle of Okinawa. Upon graduation from BYU and the concurrent outbreak of the Korean War in June of 1950, he was again called to serve - this time in the U.S. Air Force which became his career. His assignments took him to air bases in the USA as well as Germany, Labrador, Okinawa, and the Philippines. His last assignment was to Headquarters USAF in Washington DC at the Pentagon. Following his retirement, at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he moved his family from Washington DC to Utah where he worked in the health care administration field as a medical research and education project administrator for the Intermountain Regional Medical Program at the University of Utah. He and his family moved to St. George in 1973 where he assisted in the establishment of the Dixie Regional Medical Center. In 1975 he was appointed the Executive Director of the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce, where he served with distinction until 1981 at which time he was diagnosed with heart disease which forced him into retirement. In this capacity, among other things, he formed the Dixie Sunshiners and instituted the annual Chamber Installation Banquet. Art is perhaps best understood in the words of former Mayor Karl Brooks, "Art Anderson kick-started St. George and we haven't been able to stop it since!" He was also committed to the community having served on the Washington County Planning Commission, County Boundary Commission, Governors Legislative Compensation Commission, Dixie Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees and Vice Chairman of the Industrial Development Executives Association in Salt Lake City. He was a dedicated member of his church, serving as branch president in Wiesbaden, Germany and as LDS group leader in Illinois and Labrador. In St. George, he served as a stake clerk, high councilman, bishop and patriarch. With his wife, Shirley, he served an LDS mission to Australia and Oregon. His greatest treasure was his wife, Shirley, their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Shirley; two sons, Timothy B. (Kathryn) and Michael B. (Kelly); daughters, Kris (LuWayne) Barber, all of St. George; Kelly (Dave) McDonald of Pleasant Grove; Heidi (Jerry) Hansen of Bluebell, PA; and Vicki Anderson of Safford, AZ; his only sister, Shirley Robertson of Vancouver, WA; his brother, John B. (Shirley) Anderson of Sandy, UT. He has 21 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Burton and Richard Anderson. Funeral services will be held Tues., June 12, 2007, 11 a.m. at Desert Hills LDS Chapel, 675 E. Desert Hills Dr., St. George, UT. A visitation will be held on Monday, June 11, 6-8 p.m., Metcalf Mortuary, 288 W. St. George Blvd., and again on Tues., 9:30-10:30 a.m., prior to services at the chapel. Interment will be in the Tonaquint Cemetery under the direction of Metcalf Mortuary (435) 673-4221. Condolences may be sent to the family through the Metcalf website at www.metcalfmortuary.com Art suggests the in lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Desert Hills LDS Ward Humanitarian Fund.
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Published in Deseret News on Jun. 10, 2007
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