- Date Of Birth: November 17, 1920
- Date Of Death: January 30, 2010
- State: Idaho
Chad Kay Anderson, 89, died January 30, 2010, in Lewiston, Idaho.
Chad was born November 17, 1920, in Hiawatha, Utah, to Erwin and Naomi Asay. He attended elementary and high school in Castle Dale, Utah, and graduated from Utah State University. The following year, Chad taught high school at Albion Normal School and Rockland High where he met his future wife, Betty Lou Barnard. Chad and Betty Lou were married July 3, 1943 in Soda Springs, Idaho.
Chad enlisted in the Navy in July 1943 and was immediately transferred to the U.S. Naval Training Station at Farragut, Idaho. He received orders to report to Notre Dame for midshipman’s school followed by additional training after which he spent his wartime duty in the Pacific. Chad spent the remainder of his naval career in the Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant Commander.
In 1958, Chad joined Farrel Metcalf and managed a successful insurance agency, Metcalf-Anderson Agency, in Idaho Falls, Idaho until his retirement in 1987.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Betty Lou Anderson; his parents; and his sister, Doreen Bardsley of Ogden, Utah.
Chad is survived by his sisters, Valoy Cox of Castle Dale, Utah, Shanna Bates of St. George, Utah, and Janone Richards of Phelan, California; daughters, Kathleen Kay Jensen, of Greensboro, North Carolina, Candace Marie Congreve of Clarkston, Washington; granddaughters, Jenny Rebecca Mizukawa of Cincinnati, Ohio, Emily Anne Koller of Crestwood, Kentucky, Kathryne Elizabeth Ojuka of Provo, Utah, Amanda Marie Detling of Stamford, Connecticut; and eleven great-grandchildren.
