Our Lord and Ruler in life took Alva “Alvie” Arthur Anderson as he was lovingly called on January 26th, 2023 at 9:30 pm at his foster care provider’s home in Hillsboro, Oregon. After a very intense battle was diagnosed in October/November 2022 with a very nasty form of stage four cancer. Alvie endured several months of radiation therapy and different medicines. He was also scheduled for chemotherapy treatments when he became sensitive to pain and too weak to endure any kind of future treatments. During the last 2 months of his life, his care provider, Victor, was constantly at his side as much as possible to make him comfortable and console him, as he seemed to be a little frightened at first.
Danon Rae Buzzetti, his daughter, came from Ocean View, Hawaii to be with her father and mother and to console and help them out as much as possible. It was this time in his life his care provider, Victor, his daughter, Danon, and his wife, Eva, were all at his bedside as much as they could to make him comfortable and console him. After the fear feeling went, he began to feel he was being called home for final rest and peace. He began to settle down and wait for his Lord to come for him. The last wish that Alvie spoke to his family and Victor was that he did not want to go back to the hospital under any circumstances. He did not want to be taken back to go for revival treatments or to be brought back. He had already been there and done that at least two times. He signed papers and had his family do the same “DNR” on all of his paperwork. Alvie just wanted to go back to Victor’s, be made as comfortable as possible, and let go in peace.
Alva Anderson was born on March 14th, 1943 in Thompson Falls, Montana to Arthur “Art” and Annie Anderson. Alvie spent his younger years in Thompson Falls and did not graduate from High School because he quit school in his younger high school years. Alvie spent his younger years in Thompson Falls working at the surrounding saw mills before meeting and marrying his wife of 58 years. They moved to Missoula, Montana where he worked at more of the surrounding saw mills before owning his own small scrap metal business for a few years. They then moved to Beaverton, Oregon where he went to work at some of the scrap metal recycling businesses in the surrounding Portland area. It was this time in his life he was involved in several accidents that resulted in several surgeries, including a total hip replacement. Alvie was forced to do the only thing he had left and that was retirement.
Alvie was happy and content to be retired, exploring and sightseeing as he called them. It was this time in Alvie’s life that this ugly, unwanted, and uninvited enemy chose to go on with its unforgiving ways causing Alvie to be sick quite often and was in pain at more times than he wanted to deal with.
Alvie is survived by his daughter, Danon Rae Buzzetti of ocean View, Hawaii; his only living brother, Earl Anderson of Thompson Falls, Montana; and his wife of 58 years, Eva Anderson at the family home in Hillsboro, Oregon. Alvie is preceded in death by his father, Arthur “Art” Anderson; his mother, Annie Anderson; his brother, J.J. Anderson of Missoula, Montana; his sister, Esther Faulkner of Spokane, Washington; and his sister, Rose Ann Neumeyer of Plains, Montana.
Alvie has constantly relied on his faith and trust with a thankful heart for guidance and help to pull him through all of his life. Alvie will be remembered by his huge smile and his shy and silly ideas of pranks and jokes of adventures and excitement.
Alvie will be laid to rest at Skyline Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in Portland, Oregon and when the time comes, will be laid to eternal rest in a double plot with his wife of 58 years, Eva Anderson.
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