Mr. Kenneth S. Anderson Jr

Kenneth S. Anderson, Jr., 93, formerly of Chateaugay, died May 28, 2019 at his home in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina. Born on November 27, 1925 in Utica, NY, he was the son of Colonel Kenneth Sr. and Grace Mary (Doria) Anderson. Kenneth graduated from Chateaugay High School in 1944. While serving in the U.S. Army in 1962, he married Christel I. Wollesky in Raunheim, West Germany. He served as a Captain for over 20 years in the army and retired from active duty in 1966. After retirement, he returned to college and obtained both a bachelor and master’s degrees in education from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, NY. He taught on year at G.B. Davis school in Malone, NY and 15 years at Chateaugay Central Schools. After retiring from teaching in 1985, he and his wife and son moved to Mount Pleasant, SC. Ken was a member of the New York State Retired Teachers Association, Military Officers Association of America, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Masonic Order, the Military Order of World Wars, 324th Infantry Association and Clan Anderson Society. He was also a communicant of the All Saints Lutheran Church of Mt. Pleasant, SC. He is survived by his wife, Christel; two daughters and a son-in-law, Susan and Robert Whatley, Jr. of Charleston, SC, Jeanette Clemons of Plattsburgh, NY; a son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Michelle Anderson of Idaho Falls, ID; eight grandchildren, Sarah (Tom) Saver, Catherine (Chris) Byrd, Robert (Charlotte) Whatley, III, Caroline Whatley, Matthew (Julianna) Clemons, Joshua (Diane) Clemons, Evelyn-Claire Anderson; three great-grandchildren, Thomas Saver, Finn and Hazel Byrd; two nieces, Gloria and her husband, Harold Mullen of Vestal, NY and Jane Vincent of Cottonwood, AZ. He was predeceased by his parents and two sisters, Gloria G. Anderson in 1943 and Margaret Vincent Soucia in 1999, both of Chateaugay, NY. A funeral service was held on Sunday, June 2, 2019 in All Saints Lutheran Church, Mt Pleasant, SC. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 1 p.m. in Eastside Cemetery, Chateaugay. Military Honors will be provided by the Chateaugay American Legion Post 875. Burial will be held in Eastside Cemetery, Chateaugay. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Lutheran Hospice, 1885 Rifle Range Road, Suite 46, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 or All Saints Lutheran Church, 2107 North Highway 17, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466. Local arrangements are with the Chateaugay Funeral Home.

Mr. Kenneth S. Anderson Jr

November 27, 1925 - May 28, 2019