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Wayne “Hopper” Anderson, age 72, died on Sunday February 23, 2025 at St Croix Regional Hospital in Saint Croix Falls. He was born the son of Ernest LeRoy and Irene Florence (nee Swanson) Anderson on October 10, 1952 in Hudson, WI. Wayne graduated from New Richmond High School, class of 1970. Following high school, Wayne worked mainly as a farmer but also drove truck and tended bar. He loved playing softball and enjoyed the social life. Wayne was the life of the party, always had a smile on his face, and always had a story to tell.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Irene; brother-in-law, Larry Fredrickson; and uncle, George Swanson. Wayne is survived by his children, Derek, Stuart, Stephanie, John (Courtney); grandchildren, Claire and Rece, Ellie and Charlotte, Ryder, Kaylee, and Sylver; sister, Bonnie Fredrickson; niece and nephew, Barb (Mike) Gaede and Steve (Arianne) Fredrickson; and many other relatives and friends.
A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, March 29, 2025 from 1:00-4:00 pm at the American Legion Post #111 in Somerset.
Cremation services provided by Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation Services.
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So sorry for your loss. Sending prayers for the family.
Love to all you kids. We know this was a shock, and our thoughts and prayers are with you and your families. Hugs, Larry and Shirley Jensen
Hugs🥰 and Prayers🙏🏼. Sorry for your loss.
So sorry to hear. Our prayers and sympathy for all of you
I am so sorry for your loss Derek hope you are okay love tammy
I moved here to Dresser 6 years ago. I stopped by Ward’s for a cold and sit next to this guy (Hopper)…. He welcome me and been GREAT friends since… We drink a few beers since and share a lot of great times together. making some good memories. RIP MY FRIEND.
Sorry for loss, he will be misssed
We will miss Hopper so much. There was never a time that we saw him that we didn’t get a hug and an I love you guys! He was a special guy!
I am so sorry to hear this! I loved Hopper so much! He was the absolute best. I hope him and my dad are playing pool together as we speak. I know they sure got along, and that’s the reason him and I always got along. I’m going to miss him very, very much.
We are so sad to hear this news. Hugs and love to all of you!
Rest in Peace Wayne. I have a lot of great childhood memories I carry with me about our neighborhood adventures we had as neighbors. Most of all those great driveway basketball games where you “took it easy” on me with your bigger size and talent. Our time clock was your dad driving into the driveway after work. We had our buzzer beater shots often determine the winner.
My heart is broken with the loss of my favorite cousin! Love you Babe!!!
Hopper, for years you and I would look back at memories of the past and we would refer to them as our rocking chair material.
We watched each other’s kids grow up and they ended up being life long friends, too. We coached T-ball and baseball, bowling with Taco Ernie and we trusted each other to have a good hold of the barbwire fence we crossed to get to the cow pond. Chicago!! The two of us walking into church at the same time and looking up to make sure the building would stay standing. Many more memories. Rock on my friend.
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