4th of July Parade Grand Marshal Linda Anderson

The rotary club of Soda Springs announced that it had named Linda Anderson as this year’s 4th of July Parade.

Linda has been a lifelong Idaho native living in Lund, Bancroft, Grace, and Pocatello until finally settling in Soda Springs in 1958 with her husband Dewey to manage her family’s store, Sanders Furniture.

Linda and Dewey were married March 28, 1958.  When Linda and Dewey met, he was working as a tire recapper in Pocatello while Linda was working at a music store.  Linda was supposed to have a date with someone else, but Dewey had other plans.  He showed up to get her instead, and the rest is history.  Dewey and Linda were happily married for 58 years until Dewey’s passing on October 14, 2016.  They have a long legacy of love with six children plus one, thirty-four grandchildren and an amazing seventy-one and a half great grandchildren.

Linda is an avid reader and loves going to the library.  She and Dewey loved taking long Sunday drives and traveling to rodeos all over the country.  She lights up when she talks about traveling around to the rodeos with a mattress in the back of their van, stopping for the night wherever they could find a tree to park under.  She has been a tremendous asset to out community by being involved in many, many organizations over the years including Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, Red Hats, Booster Club, and Daughters of Utah Pioneers.  She’s an avid sports fan and is often seen at high school sporting events cheering on the kids.  She loved being on stage and participated in the community theater every year and was always willing to sing at funerals and play the piano at church along with many other callings.  She says some of her favorite things about living in Soda Springs are that there are different things going on all the time, the people here, and the many friends she has made at the store over the years.

Thank you, Linda and her family, for your years of dedication and service to our community.  It’s people like you that make small town Idaho so great!