ISTAT Says Goodbye to a Dedicated Member

Marcellus (Marc) Joseph Anderson, Jr., 78, of Ludlow, Missouri, passed away in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday, 14 June, with his wife Johanne, his daughter Marcy and his sister Jane by his side.

Marc was a proud Army veteran of the 101st Airborne Division. He trained in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, traveled by boat to Munich to serve in Germany during the Cold War. He completed his military service at Fort Ord in 1957.

After graduation from Rockhurst College in 1959, Marc joined TWA’s Kansas City corporate finance office, but was soon promoted to New York‘s Marketing Division. In 1971, Marc joined Continental Airlines, Los Angeles, as head of the air cargo division. In 1975, National Airlines of Miami recruited him for a similar position. In 1978, Marc transitioned to a career in the aircraft manufacturing industry with senior positions with Shorts Aircraft, Belfast, Ireland, and Saab-Fairchild-North America. In 1985, he joined PLM International, Inc., an international equipment leasing company based San Francisco, as senior vice president. In 1994, AeroCentury Corporation, an aircraft leasing company, named him chief operating officer. By 2008, he created his own successful company, Anderson & Associates, which led to his latest association as a senior advisor with Jetstream Aviation Capital in 2011, an aircraft leasing company headquartered in Miami. He excelled at his work, and through it met people from all walks of life. He was generous with his time and his knowledge, and mentored many through the years, as he himself had been mentored.

In 2004, he met Johanne C. Blackburn, a French Canadian from Québec City, during a trip to Montreal, Canada. On June 28, 2008, they married in his adopted home of San Francisco, and returned to the Anderson farm. He considered himself fortunate to continue his work as he enjoyed his birthplace with Johanne, his family and friends. They raised Angus cattle, renovated the home, designed and rebuilt the barn, found and restored a 1941 Farmall tractor just like the one he learned to drive on the farm. Though they continuing to travel, the views they most enjoyed were from the farm’s many windows, especially the wetland created behind the farmhouse where coyote, deer, fox, heron and all manner of wildlife visited.