Pastor Carroll N. Anderson

MADISON-Pastor Carroll N. Anderson, age 89, a retired Chaplain, Brigadier General and member of the Wisconsin Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force, passed away on April 6, 2014, at Heritage Monona. He was born to Walter and Ruth Anderson on July 21, 1924, in Minneapolis, Minn. Carroll was a lifelong Lutheran. He graduated from Minneapolis Roosevelt High School in 1942. Carroll was inducted into the U.S. Army as a private in June, 1943, and was assigned to the Army Air Corp. He was discharged as a Sergeant in the World War II demobilization in February, 1946, at Camp McCoy. Carroll graduated from Augsburg College in 1948, in Minneapolis and Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., in 1952. Carroll loved to sing. He was ordained into the pastoral ministry of the Lutheran Church on a call to the U.S. Air Force. In June of 1952, he was ordered to active duty with the US Air Force. For the next seven years, he served in California, Alaska, Texas and Hawaii. Carroll began his ministry at Westchester Lutheran Church, Los Angeles, in May, 1959. Shortly thereafter, he joined the California Air National Guard. In 1967, he became the Western Region Director of the Lutheran Ingathering for Education (LIFE) in Minneapolis. He was the National Director from 1968-1970. In 1970 he accepted a call to be Senior Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madison and joined the Wisconsin National Guard. In 1980, he was appointed the Chief of Chaplains, National Guard Bureau, in Washington, DC. He retired in 1985 as a Brigadier General and retired from the ministry in 1993. Carroll and Mary moved back to Madison in 1996. Carroll is survived by his loving wife, Mary; children, Pastor Mark (Linda) Anderson of Newport Beach, Calif., Karen (Richard) Nohel of Minneapolis, Paul (Lynn) Anderson of Evergreen, Colo., Marybeth Anderson of Aurora, Colo., Rick Pedersen of Monona, Bonnie (Dave) Brickson of McFarland, and Kris (Jeff) Simon of Madison; grandchildren, Erik and Geoffrey Anderson, Sheridan Furrer, Brittany, Bryan and Scott Brickson and Reid and Dylan Simon; sister-in-law, Carin Sprick of Silver Spring, Md; nieces, Ingrid David of Falls Church, Va. and Christina Romiza of London, England. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Wendell. Funeral Services will be held at TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, 1904 Winnebago Street, Madison, at 2 p.m., on Friday, April 11, 2014, with full military rights. Family burial will be private. Visitation will be held at the church from 1 p.m. until the time of the service on Friday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Agrace HospiceCare, your favorite ELCA church, or the Wounded Warrior Project. The family would like to thank the staff at Heritage Monona and Agrace HospiceCare for their wonderful care. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com. Gunderson East Funeral & Cremation Care 5203 Monona Drive (608)221-5420