Richard Lloyd Anderson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Forever a scholar, Richard Lloyd Anderson graduated with honors from this life on August 12, 2018. Born May 9, 1926 of Lloyd E. and Agnes Ricks Anderson in Salt Lake City he began a lifetime pursuit of knowledge. His early years were spent at BYU Training School, Pocatello, and Ogden public schools. He served as a naval aviation radio man in WWII. Called to the LDS Northwestern States Mission from 1946-1949, he saw a need to teach the gospel with a more organized approach. Through the encouragement of his mission president, Joel Richards, the teaching method became so successful it was adopted by other missions where it was widely known as the “Anderson Plan” and was published in 7 different languages. Following his mission he returned to Utah where he studied early Christian history, Greek and Latin and became a sought after teacher of missionary and religion courses at Brigham Young University. It was there he met his wife, Carma Rose deJong and they were married on May 22, 1951. He achieved a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a PhD in Ancient History from the University of California, Berkeley. He had a long teaching career at BYU in Church History and Doctrine, Life of Christ, Ancient Scripture, Greek and Roman History. He is an author of three books and hundreds of articles. He was a contributor and editor to many other publications including the Joseph Smith Papers Project. At the time of his death he was annotating the Oliver Cowdery Papers. Richard is survived by his wife Carma Rose deJong, children Roselle Stevenson (Ford) of Provo,UT, Nathan Richard Anderson (Linda) of Allen, TX, Gerrit Lloyd Anderson (Carol) of Kauai, HI, and Shawnee Smith (Michael) of Draper, UT., brother Karl Ricks Anderson (Joyce) of Lyndhurst, Ohio and Margaret Gustaveson (Dale) of Eden, UT., 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister, Janet Faye Mabey (Melvin). A Visitation will be held, Friday, August 17, from 6-8pm, at the LDS Chapel, 4220 Foothill Dr., Provo, UT. Funeral Service will be held Saturday, August 18th, at 10:30am, at the Provo Utah Edgemont Stake Center, 303 West 3700 North, Provo, UT with viewing prior from 9-10am. Interment in Provo City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the family for an educational scholarship fund to be established in Richard’s name. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.

Richard Lloyd Anderson

May 9, 1926 - August 12, 2018

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