Carl Eugene Anderson

CARL WAS BORN JANUARY 24, 1937 IN RURAL GLENWOOD, IOWA TO C. EVERETT AND RUTH (SUMMERS) ANDERSON. CARL GRADUATED FROM GLENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1955. HE ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND AND GRADUATED WITH A NAVAL COMMISSION IN 1959. IN 1959 HE MARRIED DONNA (SLIKKERVEER), AND HAD TWO CHILDREN, COREY AND KELLI. THAT MARRIAGE ENDED IN 1966. IN 1972 HE MARRIED CHRISTINA (ESTRADA) AND HAD TWO CHILDREN, TINA AND C. EDWARD. THAT MARRIAGE ENDED IN 1992.

AFTER HIS NAVAL SERVICE, CARL ENTERED THE NEWLY DEVELOPING COMPUTER INDUSTRY, WORKING AS A PROGRAMMER AND AN ANALYST. HE WORKED IN SIOUX CITY AND OMAHA BEFORE MOVING TO CALIFORNIA IN 1968. AFTER MANY MORE YEARS AS A SYSTEMS ANALYST AND MARKETER, CARL BECAME A PIONEER IN THE PET SITTING BUSINESS. FROM 1981-2011, HE WAS OWNER/OPERATOR OF CRITTER SITTERS IN HUNTINGTON BEACH.

THOSE WHO KNEW HIM IN RECENT YEARS DESCRIBE HIM AS A FABULOUS COOK, A GREAT NEIGHBOR AND A GIVING MAN WITH A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CARL’S GOOD FRIEND AND CARETAKER DOREEN GOSSE, HER HUSBAND SHAWN AND THEIR DAUGHTERS DAKOTA AND KAELYN OF NEWPORT BEACH. DOREEN AND HER FAMILY PROVIDED CARL WITH EVERYTHING HE NEEDED DURING HIS FINAL YEARS; THEIR SACRIFICE OF TIME, RESOURCES AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE FAMILY.

CARL IS SURVIVED BY FOUR CHILDREN, COREY (LISA) ANDERSON OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA; KELLI (JOHN) RASMUSSEN OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA; TINA ANDERSON OF NEW JERSEY; AND EDDIE ANDERSON; EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; A SISTER, JANET LEMONDS OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA; TWO BROTHERS, ROGER (HENRIETTE) ANDERSON OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, AND GARY (SUZIE) ANDERSON OF DES MOINES, IOWA; AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER EVERETT IN 1990; HIS MOTHER RUTH IN 2006, AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW GARY LEMONDS IN 2004.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING HANDLED BY HARBOR LAWN-MT. OLIVE MEMORIAL PARK & MORTUARY IN COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA. CARL WILL BE CREMATED AND FAMILY SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A FUTURE DATE.