David Anderson

David Ossian ‘Dave’ Anderson, 74, longtime Hoquiam resident and former Engineer for Grays

Harbor County Public Works Engineering Dept., died Monday, July 22, 2024, at his home in

Hoquiam, WA.

David was born on April 6, 1950, in Bellingham, Washington to Robert Ossian and Georgina

Alma (Isbister) Anderson. He was in the first graduating class at Sehome High School in 1968

and then went to Skagit Valley Jr. College. He graduated from Everett Community College with

an Associate of Engineering.

On March 3, 1973, Dave married his high school sweetheart Elaine Louise Atterbury at St.

James Presbyterian Church in Bellingham, WA. Elaine resides at the family home in Hoquiam.

In June of 1973, Dave took a job for the City of Hoquiam, and they moved to Hoquiam. Two

years later Dave took a job at Grays Harbor County Works Engineering Dept. He retired in

2009.

Dave worked with the Boy Scouts when his kids were younger. He was a member of the

Aberdeen First Presbyterian Church where he played the choir bells, which he has done since

his was age 12. He was a 6-time Past Master of the Hoquiam Masonic Lodge # 64 F&AM and

the lodge secretary for many years. He was also a member of the Grays Harbor Genealogical

Society, Past President and helped maintain the Genealogical Library until it burned down.

Dave was a member of the Hoquiam Push Rods and loved to work on old cars. He also

enjoyed making puzzles and toys in his spare time.

Dave is survived by his wife of 51 years, Elaine Anderson of Hoquiam; Two sons: Erik (Dawn)

Anderson of Olympia and Tyson (Maria) Anderson of Aberdeen; a half-brother, Bill Anderson of

Victoria, BC; a sister, Kris (Glen) Folsom of Bremerton, WA; a step-sister, Maryanne Hyder; a

half-sister, Lori Starkweather of Seattle, WA; Three grandchildren: Nattalie Lohnes-Anderson,

Parker Anderson and Landon Anderson; one great granddaughter, Lillian Atsatt. Dave was

preceded in death by his mother, Georgina Anderson and his father Robert and wife Marie

(Fedyk) Anderson, a sister, Barbara Yothers and a half-brother, Ed Anderson.

There will be a celebration of life for Dave on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at 1:00 PM at Fern Hill

Funeral Home’s Chapel with Masonic Rites. A reception will follow in the Dorothy Mann

Reception Hall at Fern Hill Funeral Home.

A message of condolence or of a memory can be left for the family at www.fernhillfuneral.com

Arrangements are entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen, WA.