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A happy birthday wish to one big sentimental teddy bear of a guy

Today is Mike Anderson’s birthday and marks the start of “Birthday week” for him and his youngest daughter, Hanna. Her birthday is two days after Mike’s, on October 28. Here’s a happy blast-from-the-past memory: Since Mike lived a ferry commute away in Poulsbo, and his daughters and I lived in north Seattle, there was always …

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Help us grant Mike Anderson’s wish and set his ashes free.

Sign the petition. “Don’t ever let me be buried,” is what Mike Anderson of Bainbridge Island, Poulsbo and Bremerton, WA mentioned periodiocally to his daughters throughout their young adult lives. Yet, Mike was buried anyway after he drowned, and his daughters’ urgent alerts about his wishes were ignored. Coach Michael J. Anderson was quietly cremated …

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Captain Anderson takes an untimely and tragic leave

By Terry Mosher They called him Captain, and he was all of that and more. Athletic, strong, determined and always doing things the right way, that was Mike Anderson. So it was a horrific shock when his long-time friends found out their Captain drowned Sunday night (Sept. 7) while swimming to an island on Tiger …

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