Arthur A. Anderson
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Mass of Christian Burial for Arthur A. “Tripp” Anderson, 62, Lawrence will be held 10 a.m. Friday, April 9, 2010, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence. He died Tuesday, April 06, 2010, at home.
He was born January 21, 1948, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Lowry F. Anderson and Wanda (Johnson) Anderson.
Mr. Anderson graduated from Lawrence High School in 1966, and from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts in English Education and later an M.A. in Classics in 1971. He graduated from the University of the Kansas School of Law in 1986.
He taught school in Paola, Kansas and Kapaun High School in Wichita, Kansas. He then becamce a corporate and tax attorney, and worked in the 1040 New Hampshire Old English Lutheran Church law offices which he helped his family to preserve and manage. He was involved in setting up the Laura Kriz and Libuse Fiorito Charitable Foundations, which eventually funded the renovation and now manages the Castle Tea Room in Lawrence. He has also been instrumental in the formation of several other local trusts and foundations. He was a frequent adviser to the Lawrence Preservation Alliance, served on the Horizon 2020 Lawrence City Planning Committee, and was involved in preserving the Union Depot.
He was an Eagle Scout and an active member of the Boy Scouts of America in Lawrence, serving as a Cub Master of Pack 3053, a Camp Bromelsick Foundation Committee board member, a former Unit Commissioner for Troop 59 and Pack 3053. He was a Member at Large for Pelathe District Committee, and held the Scouter’s Key, Commissioner’s Arrowhead Honor, and the District Award of Merit. He was a member of the Kansas and Douglas County Bar Associations.
He married Mary Stanford on August 7, 1980 in Fontgombault, France. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include his father, Lowry F. “Andy” Anderson, of Lawrence; two sons, John Clement Anderson, living in Pescara, Italy, and Alexander Stanford Anderson, studying in Rome; one brother, Lowry F. “Andy” Anderson, Jr., of Overland Park, Kansas; one sister, Rebecca Sue Anderson, Jouques, France. He was preceded in death by his mother.
The family will greet friends from 5 – 6:30 p.m., Thursday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. A Parish Rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m., Thursday.
The family suggests memorials in his name to Camp Bromelsick Foundation and may be sent in care of the mortuary.
Mary, John & Alex,
My deepest sympathies. Tripp was a wonderful guy and will be missed. You are all in my prayers.
God bless!
Dean
Mary, John, and Alex. I sincerely grieve for your loss. I think of Trip often and all of the wonderful campouts we participated in together. May God welcome Trip with all the saints and angels as he enjoys his eternal rest. Peace of Christ be with all of you.
Scott
Tripp was the finest example of the word friend. Loyal, ethical, kind, generous, and loving. …A truly wonderful man! Our loss is immense.
Andy, Before I met you I knew Tripp in Paola when Fr. Mike Moriarity brought him in to help with our high school CCD program. Besides his contributions there, he made quite a name for himself in Paola HS football history by requiring that all the players memorize poetry. The formations were lacking, but the sonnets were in sync and ever so spirited. My thoughts are with you–
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
May he rest in peace.
On behalf of all of Tripp’s classmates, we extend our sincerest condolences to all of you. We remember Tripp with great fondness, and will dearly miss him. Our prayers are with you.
Bruce Robertsf
Dear Mary,
We were very sorry to her about Tripp yesterday. We just loved him so much. He was a dear to Sean in the Scouts and his friendship. He will be missed by us very much. Keeping him and your family in our prayers. God Bless!
love,
Scott, Bernadette, Sean and Nicole Burkhart
I was sorry to hear of Tripp’s passing. He was one of the kindest, nicest guy in our class of 1966. I was not surprised to read of all of his accomplishments. My prayers are with your family.
Tripp was both a friend and business associate and his presence will be sorely missed. You have our deepest sympathies.
Our condolences to the family. God blessed us with Trip on this earth to serve a his purpose. He did so with honor and great respect. We will miss his presence, yet remember his teachings.
To the Anderson family,
I wish to express my sincere condolences to Tripp’s family. He left so many of us with such a lasting impression of learning and caring. It has been nearly 30 years since I was in his class but I still think of him often and remember him well.
I was in his Latin class at KU from 1981-1982. He had such kind eyes and great expressions. There were several of us who were struggling in Mrs. Shaw’s ‘version’ of Latin when Tripp came to the door and was announced as the new instructor for those of us who were ‘willing’ to leave. A number of us nearly fell over each other trying to get to the door. Many of us were older students and just suffering in that other class. (I think he was a graduate student of John Senior’s at the time.)
It was quite a class. David Swafford had had Tripp as a high school student in Paola. April Benton (a relative of Thomas Hart Benton), Steve McAllister (now a former law dean) and several others of us formed a tight bond. We had a five hour class and took another five hours in the spring. We often would meet at the Sanctuary (the former Stables) several nights a week for our translations rather than have a once-a-day class. I remember he was also teaching a class or two out at St. Mary’s.
It was fantastic. We did not want to disappoint him so we generally over-prepared for our sessions. It was so much fun. He had a great sense of humor. He always told us our English would improve if we concentrated on Latin. I wish he was available when I was first started at KU.
I remember coming to his home (a renovated barn) for a party around Christmas time in 1981 when his first son arrived for the first time. Amid the Greek pottery from the B.C.E. there was this wonderful family and all of us crazy students. He would regale us with stories from the ‘60’s and his “misspent youth” and then tell us of his conservative makeover. He would tell us of his trips to Europe and we those of us who had been there would share notes. We all had such fun, even those of us who would go on to much more liberal lives. (I remember once when he let us go to a Phyllis Schlafly rally in the ballroom of the Union. It was great entertainment!).
I would run into Tripp in the law school a number of years later. I was working on an MBA/JD then and he was a year or so ahead of me. We were both going in different directions at the time and so we were not always able to connect. I later worked as an administrator at KU and was in a Ph.D. program so I often traveled a different path than my ‘in practice’ attorney colleagues. When I later went into mediation practice, I kept up with Tripp mainly through conversations with Kathy Kirk.
I still have all the little Latin phrases, songs, etc. from Tripp: from Gaudeamus Igitur, to the Latin version of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and to the many Bible verses. Most of all I have all the little tales he told us and all the lessons we learned quite apart from the study of Latin. He left so many with so much with such joy. For some of us he will always be with us.
With the grace and peace of the Lord,
David W. Hardy, Esq.
Lawrence, KS.
I knew Tripp as an insightful adviser to Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods, and later as an understanding landlord to my life partner Juanita Carlson. He was a gentle and good man who made the world a better place.
My memories and friendship with Tripp go back to 1953 and Cordley Elementary School. They are of listening to the 1958 “Witch Doctor” song while not studying, his dad’s 1958 Buick Special that out-chromed any other car made, Boy Scouts and his above average knowledge of first aid which came in very handy when one our friends had a knife accident during a camping event, and his invitation to me to help him coach the St. John’s Knights football team from a losing season to winners. The kids were so happy, and the team trophy I have is one of my most prized possessions because of what it meant to the players and Tripp’s respect for me as a friend, teacher, and athlete. And the time he invited me to sit in on one of his philosophy classes at KU. The subject matter was classical and challenged my more contemporary view of reality. It was a typical experience with Tripp and touched my life constructively as he touched the lives of many others on his journey. It was a journey taken through his life’s passions and ended much too quickly. His world of influence will miss his wisdom but never forget his teachings. I extend my appreciation to Lowry, Sr. (it was your Buick) and mother Wanda who I still remember for raising such an inspirational son. Siblings Andy and Rebecca will have your own cherished memories. Sons John and Alexander have much of which to be proud.
To the Anderson family,
I wish to express my sincere condolences to Tripp’s family. He left so many of us with such a lasting impression of learning and caring. It has been nearly 30 years since I was in his class but I still think of him often and remember him well.
I was in his Latin class at KU from 1981-1982. He had such kind eyes and great expressions. There were several of us who were struggling in Mrs. Shaw’s ‘version’ of Latin when Tripp came to the door and was announced as the new instructor for those of us who were ‘willing’ to leave. A number of us nearly fell over each other trying to get to the door. Many of us were older students and just suffering in that other class. (I think he was a graduate student of John Senior’s at the time.)
It was quite a class. David Swafford had had Tripp as a high school student in Paola. April Benton (a relative of Thomas Hart Benton), Steve McAllister (now a former law dean) and several others of us formed a tight bond. We had a five hour class and took another five hours in the spring. We often would meet at the Sanctuary (the former Stables) several nights a week for our translations rather than have a once-a-day class. I remember he was also teaching a class or two out at St. Mary’s.
It was fantastic. We did not want to disappoint him so we generally over-prepared for our sessions. It was so much fun. He had a great sense of humor. He always told us our English would improve if we concentrated on Latin. I wish he was available when I was first started at KU.
I remember coming to his home (a renovated barn) for a party around Christmas time in 1981 when his first son arrived for the first time. Amid the Greek pottery from the B.C.E. there was this wonderful family and all of us crazy students. He would regale us with stories from the ‘60’s and his “misspent youth” and then tell us of his conservative makeover. He would tell us of his trips to Europe and we those of us who had been there would share notes. We all had such fun, even those of us who would go on to much more liberal lives. (I remember once when he let us go to a Phyllis Schlafly rally in the ballroom of the Union. It was great entertainment!).
I would run into Tripp in the law school a number of years later. I was working on an MBA/JD then and he was a year or so ahead of me. We were both going in different directions at the time and so we were not always able to connect. I later worked as an administrator at KU and was in a Ph.D. program so I often traveled a different path than my ‘in practice’ attorney colleagues. When I later went into mediation practice, I kept up with Tripp mainly through conversations with Kathy Kirk.
I still have all the little Latin phrases, songs, etc. from Tripp: from Gaudeamus Igitur, to the Latin version of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and to the many Bible verses. Most of all I have all the little tales he told us and all the lessons we learned quite apart from the study of Latin. He left so many with so much with such joy. For some of us he will always be with us.
With the grace and peace of the Lord,
David W. Hardy, Esq.
Lawrence, KS.
Mary,
We briefly met at Tripp’s last high school reunion. Please find comfort knowing his friends loved him and he left a wonderful legacy in you and your family.
Anderson Family: My sincere condolences for your difficult loss. I have many fond memories of Tripp from our Scouting years together. He was a loving, gentle father and an inspiration to may young men. He always advised the importance of the 12th Scout Law to Scouts, and told them of the importance of being reverent in one’s own way with out “preaching” any specific way. I feel a better person for knowing him….
Mary, my sincere sympathy to you and your family. I will be thinking of you all in the days to come. I have happy memories of being in your home. God bless, Jeanne
Mary, my sincere sympathy to you and your family. I will be thinking of you all in the days to come. I have happy memories of being in your home. God bless, Jeanne
One day when my children were little and I could afford few presents, I was totally surprised at the door on Christmas Eve by a man dressed up as Santa. This Santa had a HUGE bag full of carefully wrapped presents for the whole family of 9.
I will never forget this good man, who taught me Latin in part by telling funny little stories, philosophy and integrity by virtous example, and who, like me, was a stone mason.
One day when my children were little and I could afford few presents, I was totally surprised at the door on Christmas Eve by a man dressed up as Santa. This Santa had a HUGE bag full of carefully wrapped presents for the whole family of 9.
I will never forget this good man, who taught me Latin in part by telling funny little stories, philosophy and integrity by virtous example, and who, like me, was a stone mason.
Dear Mary, Lowry, Andy and Becky,
the sad news of Tripp’s passing away also evoked some very good memories of young Tripp as I knew him during my stay as an exchange student in the early 1970s, when I lived in the basement of the house on Avalon, as a roommate of Jean Slentz. I remember his big smile, his humour and his generosity. He was a good sport. Later when he came to visit my family in Germany, my mother was so fond of him, because he very much appreciated her cooking and German beer. She remembered this grateful and joyful American guest even during her last years when her mind was overshadowed by dementia and she had forgotten so many other things. Although we lost contact a long time ago, Tripp will be alive in my memory as a young man. He had a good life – that may be a consolation to all who mourn for him.
Sincere condolences to the family,
Ulli Pfeil
Tripp will be greatly missed by Troop 59. He has been a big part of the overall success of it. He was a great person and I am glad for the time I knew him while my kids were in the troop. My condolences to you and your sons and may the Lord be there for you in the days and weeks to come.
Hey Mary,
I think of you pretty much everyday. How are you doing? I tried to call today but didn’t get through. I hope you continue to find love and beauty in your wonderful sons John and Alex and in the beautiful home you and Tripp built together. Love Janie