TRIMONT — A Celebration of Life service for Robert “Bob” R. Anderson, 77, of rural Trimont, Minn., will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 7, 2017, at Evangelical Covenant Church in Trimont, Minn., with Pastor Todd Van Zee and Pastor Pat Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, rural Trimont, Minn.

Bob was called to his eternal rest Monday afternoon, July 3, 2017, at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, July 6, 2017, at Kramer Family Funeral Home in Trimont, and one hour prior to the service Friday at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Trimont.

Messages of sympathy may be sent to the family online at www.kramerfuneralhome.com

Robert Rudolph Anderson was born Feb. 16, 1940, on the family farm in Cedar Township, rural Trimont, Minn., to Alvin and Ruth (Anderson) Anderson. He attended rural country school in District #110 in Cedar Township and later Triumph-Monterey School until the 9th grade. Bob was a graduate of the American School of Chicago.

He then was employed at Ed Erickson Implement and also farmed west of Triumph.

He joined the Minnesota National Guard, with training at Fort Sill, Okla. He returned home and was a member of the National Guard Unit out of St. James.

On May 31, 1964, he was united in marriage to Marlene Ziebarth at Evangelical Covenant Church in Trimont, Minn. After their marriage, they farmed and lived in rural St. James until moving to the family farm west of Trimont in Cedar Township in 1997 and farmed until the time of his death.

Bob served on the Evangelical Covenant board, sang in its quartet and was sexton of Cedar Hill Cemetery. He also served on the Trimont School Board and later on the Martin County West School Board. He enjoyed farming and spending time with his family.

He is survived by his wife, Marlene Anderson of rural Trimont; daughter, Julee and her husband, Jonathan Scarfpin, of rural Trimont; two grandchildren, Seth and Ava Scarfpin; two sisters, Eunice Erickson of Trimont, and Elaine Anderson of rural Trimont; brother, Lowell and LaVerne Anderson of Minnetonka, Minn.; nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Michelle “Anderson” Duncan; brother-in-law, Richard Erickson; and other relatives.

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