John Christopher "Chris" Anderson, 43, Hamilton, Mo., passed away on August 27, 2014, in Hamilton at the home of his parents. He had been a life-long resident of Hamilton.

Chris was born on March 12, 1971, in St. Joseph, Mo., to John C. and Ann McCrary Anderson. He was a 1989 graduate of the Penney High School, Hamilton, and had attended college at CMSU, Warrensburg, and SWMS, Springfield. He had been self-employed with his dad in their business-Anderson Brothers Heating and Cooling of Hamilton.

He was a member of the Hamilton R-II school board, the Hamilton Alumni Association, a former member of the Hamilton Lion's Club, a volunteer middle school football coach, and an avid outdoorsman. He attended the Hamilton United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, M.U. "Scoot" and Lois Snyder McCrary, and his paternal grandparents, Morton and Thelma Cannon Anderson.

On May 17, 1997, he married Tina Carty in Mt. Vernon, Mo. She survives of the home.

Additional survivors: Children-Abigail, Aidan and Eli Anderson;
Parents, John and Ann, Hamilton; Sister, Laurie (Michael) Belshe, Hamilton, and their children, Colby, Kayla and Katie; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the Hamilton United Methodist Church, Hamilton, Mo., in the Family Life Center.

Visitation: Monday, Sept. 1, from 5 to 8 p.m., also at the Family Life Center in the church.

Interment: Highland Cemetery, Hamilton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a trust fund set-up for his children's education.