South Hero, VT David V. Anderson, Jr. passed away peacefully several days after his 90th birthday surrounded by his family who wished him well with stories and toasts in his memory. Dave was a long-time resident of South Hero, VT in the cottage that he built on Beach Bay in the late 1960s and later converted into his retirement home to spend with his beloved wife, Kay. He continued to live there in the loving care of his family and devoted caregiver Alyssa after Kay died last May. Dave grew up in Montpelier, VT where he dated his wife-to-be in high school and graduated from Norwich University in 1954. After a brief deployment in the army, he married Kay and moved to South Windsor, CT where he worked at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft for 34 years and raised his family. He is predeceased by his Father and Mother, David V. Anderson, Sr. and his mother Iola Bagley Anderson, and his wife Kathryn Ballou Anderson. Dave is survived by his son Charles Anderson and his partner Nathaniel Stevens, his son Michael Anderson and daughter-in-law Donna Anderson, and granddaughters Kirsten Anderson and her fianc Will Delaney, and Rebecca Anderson. He is also survived by his sister, Jane Moginot, and his four brothers and their wives: Jon and Joy, Tom and Marie, Roger and Judy, and Chris and Bette Anne. Dave worked to play, and he spent most of his free time throughout his life enjoying the outdoors in his native Vermont. He was an avid salmon and bass fisherman and duck hunter and enjoyed days on the water with his family or fishing buddies. In the winter, he loved to alpine and cross-country ski, snowshoe, and ice fish, and he dragged friends and family alike out on the ice and snow in sub-zero temperatures and we all learned to love it. If he wasnt fishing, afternoons were spent with company on the deck over-looking the lake while sipping scotch and telling fishing stories or recalling adventures from his childhood or twenties. There was never a dull moment with Dave around if it was calm, hed take everyone water skiing or plugging for bass, if it was blowing a gale, hed drag out the Sunfish and set us a-sail, if it was cool, hed organize badminton or croquet on the lawn. Everyone loved to visit, but everyone also knew there was a high probability of being handed a paintbrush or hammer upon arrival and being told to work for their supper, or being awoken at 5 am to the cacophony of a skill-saw outside their window. As they grew up, his brothers and sons friends referred to South Hero as camp work, but they never turned down an invitation. In Daves later years, he learned to enjoy breakfast at noon and the occasional boat cruise, and there was more time spent sitting in the sun on the deck or on the lawn at the Wardens camp or snuggled in a blanket is his recliner in the living room with the heat set to 80. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to the South Hero Rescue (www.southherorescue.org), or Norwich University Scholarship Fund (all donations in the name of David V. Anderson are earmarked for this purpose) (https://alumni.norwich.edu/GiveNow?DeliveryChannelID=23b56292-0f3c-43ac-af13-7767ad9d4057) No date for a memorial service has been determined at this time.