Obituary

John Richard Anderson was born July 31, 1959 in Libby, Montana, the son of Maxine Phyliss (Bock) and Benjamin Anderson and passed away on October 10, 2016 in Seward, Nebraska at the age of 57 years, 2 months, 10 days. John was baptized as a child at the First Baptist Church in Payson, Arizona by Pastor Perkins and later was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward by Pastor Jonathan Stein. John received his GED while working at Job Corp in Chadron, NE. He was employed with O'Dell Concrete for many years and was currently with Timpte Manufacturing in David City for over 19 years. John was united in marriage to Laural Joan Giesselman on April 11, 1980 at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward. Their marriage was blessed with four children: Brock, Jerrod, Nicole and Lucus.

John was a hard worker, but also enjoyed his hobbies of fishing, ballgames, Nebraska football and watching Brock's baseball teams. First and foremost were his children and grandchildren; he cherished every moment shared with them. He was the type that didn't worry about "material things" and was proud of the fact that he would never "grow up".

John was preceded in death by his father, Bennie Anderson; granddaughter, Charlie Grace; his parents-in-law, Harry and Lois Giesselman; brother-in-law, Bryan Giesselman; grandparents, Ed and Jessie Sheehan; nephew, Trenton Walker and his dog, Lucky.

Survivors cherishing John's memory include his wife, Laural Anderson, Seward; children and spouses, Brock and Jess Anderson, Seward, Jerrod and Lindsey Anderson, Lincoln, Nicole Anderson and Louie Schachta, Seward, Lucus and Kylie Anderson, Seward; grandchildren, Nataliy, Dalaney, Berkley, Nixon, Hadleigh and a baby on the way; mother, Maxine Erks, Seward; siblings and spouses, Teresa and Doug Rempel, Greeley, CO, Jessie and Scott Prochnow, Staplehurst, Ted Anderson, Seward; sisters-in-law and spouses, Linda and John Cahoon and Cindy and Bruce Mavis, all Seward; nieces and nephews and his dog companions, Bo and Herbie; other relatives and friends. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers and memories of life shared with John.

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Visitation

October

13

Zabka Funeral Home

410 Jackson Ave, Seward, NE 68434

10:00 am - 8:30 pm

Family Receiving Friends

October

13

Zabka Funeral Home

410 Jackson Ave, Seward, NE 68434

6:30 - 8:00 pm

Funeral Service

October

14

St. John Lutheran Church

919 North Columbia Avenue, Seward, NE 68434

Starts at 10:30 am

Graveside Services and Interment

Seward Cemetery

1700 State Highway 15, Seward, NE 68434

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