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A funeral service for
Wallace Richard
Anderson, age 87, of
Enid will be held at
10:00 a.m. Thursday
September 18, 2008 at
Anderson-Burris Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev.
Susan Southall
officiating. Burial
will follow in Auburn
Cemetery west of
Cherokee with
arrangements by
Anderson-Burris Funeral
Home. A visitation for
family and friends will
be held on Wednesday
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00
p.m. at the funeral
home.
Wally was born to
Lawrence and Caroline
(Adams) Anderson on
February 16, 1921 in
Greenleaf, Kansas and
died on Monday September
15, 2008 in Enid.
Wally attended Greenleaf
schools and went on to
Kansas State to earn his
Bachelor Degree of
Engineering. He then
served in the Army Air
Corp 370 Fighter Group,
401 Fighter Squadron, 9th
Air Force, and flew over
50 missions during his
military career. He
flew both the P-38 and
the P-51. As a fighter
pilot he was awarded the
Distinguished Flying
Cross along with several
other air medals. Wally
flew air cover during
the Battle of the
Bulge. On August 17,
1956 he married Mary V.
Belcher Jenlink in
Cherokee. After the war
Wally was employed by
Alfalfa County Rural
Electric then O.G.& E.
as an Electrical
Engineer until he
retired. Wally was a
member of the North Enid
Lions Club, American
Legion, and First United
Methodist Church. After
retirement he enjoyed
carpentry, singing in
the church choir,
traveling and spending
time with his
grandkids.
Wally is survived by his
wife Mary of the home; a
son Richard Scott
Anderson and his wife
Amanda of Enid; two
grandchildren, Ethan and
Aaron Anderson of Enid;
a brother Eugene
Anderson of Riverside,
CA.; and a sister Audrey
Scott of Newton, KS.
He was preceded in death
by a son Rex Jenlink,
grandson Greg Jenlink,
brother Rusty, and his
parents.
Memorials may be made
through the funeral home
to Auburn Cemetery.
Condolences may be made
online to ab@andersonburris.com.
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