Jun. 23, 1954 - Apr. 8, 2017
Date of Service: Apr. 14, 2017
Jerald Delayne Anderson
BURLEY – Jerald Delayne Anderson, 62, of Burley, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017, at St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls.
Delayne was born June 23, 1954, in Columbus, Ohio, to Jerald and Lorraine Anderson (raised in View, Idaho). He graduated from Burley High School in 1972. He married Jolene Harris on December 5, 1975, Idaho Falls, Idaho, after serving an LDS mission in Venezuela.
Delayne was a “Jack of all Trades” and was employed as a milk man, truck driver, farm hand, substitute teacher and handyman (The House Doctor), among other things over the years. He was a hard worker, an avid fisherman and a friendly community/family man. He enjoyed fishing, Western movies, music (played the piano, organ, and accordion) and spending time with his friends and family.
Delayne is survived by his four sons, Jerald Edwin Anderson and his wife, Reann (Robinson) of Twin Falls, Idaho, Nic Anderson and his wife, Amy (Wyatt) of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Michael Anderson and his wife, Christa (Wehrman) of Burley, Idaho, and Joseph Anderson and his wife, Heather (Hodges) of Kansas City, Missouri; his four daughters, Amanda Mickelsen and her husband, Steve of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Cozette Stoddard and her husband, Luke of Murray, Utah, Amy Evans and her husband, Chad of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Kasandra Anderson of Salt Lake City, Utah; seventeen grandchildren; his sisters, Deane (Ray) Patterson and Lola (Mark) Nunnley; brother, Jeff Anderson; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jerald and Lorraine; his step-mother, Bonnie King; and his brother, Gary.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 14, at the View LDS Church, 490 E. 550 S., of Burley, with Bishop Art Thornton officiating. Burial will follow at the View Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Thurs., April 13, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 1 until 1:45 p.m. preceding the service at the church.
