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John R. Anderson Broken Arrow, OK QCWA # 36200 Chapter 15 |
John R. Anderson, Jr., beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, and friend died on July 27, 2017. He was born April 15, 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He graduated from Edison High School in 1962. Upon graduating he studied at OSU in Stillwater for one year before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was in communications and served one tour in Vietnam. Returning to Tulsa he attended Spartan School of Aeronautics, where he earned his airframe and power plant licenses, and went on to work for American Airlines as a mechanic, where he retired in 2010 after almost 25 years.
He was an avid streetrodder, owning and building several cars, and winning many awards at car shows over the years. He had a model railroad in HO scale and flew model airplanes for several years. Most recently he added antique radio restoration and HAM radio operation to his hobbies. He enjoyed traveling with his wife and spending winters in Florida.
He was survived by his wife, Vicki, of almost 30 years, a son John R. Anderson III and his wife Mollee of Fayetteville, NC, and their children John R. Anderson IV, Nashville, TN, Jordan Anderson, Tampa, FL, Grace Daugherty and husband Dylan of Chattanooga, TN, and Claire Mills and Jacob Mills of the home; a daughter Gretchen Clarkson and husband Bradley of Stillwater, OK and their children Cates Cathey, Tucker Cathey, Aspen Clarkson and Gentrie Clarkson; a sister Sharon Finnerty and husband Mark of Tulsa, OK. He is also survived by many sisters and brothers-in-law and nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father John R. Anderson and mother Beatrice Anderson of Tulsa, OK.
A memorial service will be held in the Floral Haven Chapel August 4, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
School in Tulsa OK. Graduated from Edison High School in 1962.
Went to one year at OSU Stillwater.
USMC from 1963-1967
Spartan School of Aero and received both A&P license.
Went to work for AA 1987 till 2010.
Working on Extra class.
Have several hobbies. Model trains, hot rod cars, guitar, Antique radio club.
From www.qrz.com
Hi everyone. first got my ticket in 1959 when in the Boy Scouts. Didnt do much with the novice ticket. Got back into it in 2010 got my Tech. in April and my general in june. Got a small station but having a great time building stealth antennas. Been working 20m OMISS net for the WAS. Im starting to get on 40m now that I got an antenna up in December 2010. Main radio is Yaesu 897d with matching tunner. 2m radio is Heathkit 2036a with matching power supply. Heatkit SB 200 is the amp im running with the output going threw a MFJ watt meter. Im doing PSK 31 with an old HP laptop running windows XP and a rig blaster PULG & PLAY. Ive got a 10m & 20m & 40m dipole in the attic and a ACE hardware 16ft steel flag pole in the front yard which i run on 20m also. The 2m rig is running a Ringo Ranger on the roof in the back yard. The shack is in a dormer on the second floor. I built a box with a door and it extends out into the attic. There is a four way out there for power and easy access for the coax to come in.Ive also run 220 from the breaker box in the garage and it has it own recept for the 220v for the amp. Also running a 6 way antenna switch so I can change antennas with not to much pain. Have a 3 way antenna switch for 2m only.
Im also into and have been since high school, street rods and at the present have a 1937 Ford cabriolet. Its all vette under the body. We take several extened trips to shows in it each year.
My call is the novice call from 1959.
Im located in broken Arrow OK
John KN5UPS
