{"id":1628,"date":"2015-09-05T23:56:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T04:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=1628"},"modified":"2025-03-30T14:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T19:00:29","slug":"obituary-anderson-neils","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=1628","title":{"rendered":"Obituary – Anderson, Neils Peter"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Neils<\/p>\n

Class of 1941<\/h2>\n

1941 Perry Daily Journal<\/br>Graduation Edition\"Neils
Neils Anderson<\/h2>\n

– age 18, son of Ben and Sophia Stanley, was born northeast of Perry in May, 1922. <\/p>\n

He has attended the Perry schools for the past 12 years. He served as vice president of the F.F.A. in 1939 and president of the organization in 1940. He is a member of the 4-H club. He was a member of the basketball squad in 1938. Neils exhibited champion livestock in 1939-40-41.<\/p>\n

For his hobby he selected horses. He plans to become a farmer after his graduation from Perry High School.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Neils Peter Anderson<\/h1>\n

May 23, 1922 – February 8, 2002<\/h3>\n

Neils Anderson, 79, former Noble County Commissioner for District 3, was the son of Chris Peterson and Sophia Marie (Nelson) Anderson.<\/p>\n

He was born May 23, 1922 at Perry, OK and died on Friday, February 8, 2002 at his home in Perry.<\/p>\n

A graduate of Perry High School, he was a life-long resident of the Perry community. Anderson served in the United States Army from 1942-1946. He and the former Collene Paulsen were married at Newkirk, OK on June 4, 1949.<\/p>\n

He was owner of Western Tank Trucks from 1957-1974 and was Noble County Commissioner from 1979-1986. A charter member of the Perry Elks Lodge, Anderson also was a member of the 10th Armored Division, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, FFA Alumni and the Black Angus Association. He was a lifetime member of the Cherokee Strip Historical Society. He enjoyed cattle ranching and horse racing.<\/p>\n

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church with Rev. Kevin Devlin officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill Cemetery under direction of Brown-Dugger Funeral Home.<\/p>\n

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.<\/p>\n

In addition to his wife, Collene, survivors are a daughter and son-in-law, Sandy and Jim Soulek, Perry, OK; a grandson, Brent Joseph Soulek, and his fianc\u00e9e, Casey Langston, Oklahoma City, OK; and a granddaughter, Amy Collene Soulek, Wichita, KS.<\/p>\n

His parents and one brother preceded him in death.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1628"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28140,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1628\/revisions\/28140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}