Larry Smith Anderson
Salmon, Idaho
February 10, 2026
Larry Smith Anderson was born June 6, 1940, in Murray Utah to Samuel Smith Anderson and Lois Wanda Osborne Anderson. Larry joined his sister RoMae, and was followed by sister Karen, and brother Daryl. A brother, Jay died in infancy before the other children were born. Smith always wanted to farm and leave a farm for his boys which is why Larry lived in many different places, such as Sublett Idaho, Draper Utah, Star Valley, Idaho, Crescent, Utah, Park Valley, American Fork and Othello Washington. Smith started Larry's love for farming and inspired Larry's ability to fix just about anything. Larry was the true definition of a Mr. Fix-it!Larry spent most of his life working on farms for others. Larry had dyslexia and horrible acne. Larry says he was called a geek because of the acne and his inability to read. All sorts of treatments for his acne were tried,…