Robert Jeffrey Anderson ("Jeff") passed away peacefully on July 8, 2024; he was 73 years

old.

Jeff was born on March 23, 1951, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Jean Ann Simpson and Robert

Leland Anderson. Apart from a brief stay for the family in Pennsylvania, where his father

served as a surgeon at an army hospital during the Korea Campaign, and several years in

Arkansas while married to Jan Newlin, Jeff spent the balance of his life in Oklahoma. His

last many years he lived on ten wooded acres outside of Kiefer.

A quiet man, Jeff had many remarkable talents. As a boy he was both admonished and

lauded for taking everything apart, from radios and vacuum cleaners to bicycles and

automobiles, just to see how they were put together. He usually got them back in working

order.

Jeff could do anything. He could frame a house by himself and do the finish work. When

the most fastidious decorators of Tulsa saw his work as a painter, he quickly became oversubscribed.  He went from being mechanically inclined to becoming serious about

electronics. He self-taught several computer languages and became a programmer before

it was in vogue to do so. Some of his creations for oil and gas resources were before their

time and are still in use today.

When it came to music, Jeff loved everything about it. Music was his passion. His lifelong

close circle of friends were music devotees, as well. While a few of them pursued

successful careers as musicians, Jeff sought no limelight. He was a pianist and played for

his closest friends and family. Recordings of him playing both music he wrote and that of

others are cherished by many.

Jeff was predeceased by his mother, his father, and several of his closest friends. He is

survived by his sisters, Belynda Spitzer (Weldon) and Beverly Anderson, his nieces and

nephew, Amanda Settle, Ann Gimlin (Ryan), and Marvin Anderson, and grand-nephews,

Jackson and Wesley Settle.

As a person, Jeff was of the highest moral character. He was one who could not tell a lie or

betray who he was, even when it meant a far more difficult path. He was steadfastly true to

himself. Jeff was a deeply devoted son, brother and friend; a kind man who is dearly

missed.

A graveside service will be held on Friday, August 8, 2025, 2:00 p.m., at Memorial Park

Cemetery, 5111 S Memorial Drive, Tulsa. Donations may be made to John 3:16 Mission