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Anamosa -- Harold D. Anamosa of Albuquerque died on June 18, 2001 at the age of 80 in Branson, MO. He was born in Kerrville, Texas on September 13, 1920. After business college, he joined the War Department in Washington, D.C. in 1940, and then joined the U.S. Army in 1942. He served as a Chief Warrant Officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. during World War II, and traveled with President Roosevelt to the Allied conferences at Quebec, Potsdam, Malta, Yalta and Cairo. He was awarded the Legion of Merit, the highest non-combat military award, by the United States, and was awarded the Order of the British Empire by the British Government. After the war, Mr. Anamosa went to work for the newly-formed Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, D.C., and later became Assistant Secretary of the Secretariat of AEC. In 1965, he transferred to AEC's Contracting Division in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he worked until retiring in 1977. He joined Public Service Company of New Mexico in 1977, and worked there negotiating contracts until 1981. Mr. Anamosa was married 36 years to Mary Ann Hughes and for 18 years to Mary Elizabeth McCarthy. He was an avid bridge player and enjoyed camping, hiking, and cross-country skiing. Starting in 1985, he volunteered with the New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors. He was recognized many times by blood banks in Maryland and Albuquerque. He donated over 40 gallons of blood in his lifetime. Mr. Anamosa is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth McCarthy Anamosa; his children, Pat Anamosa and wife, Nga, Micky Anamosa Hogue and husband, Curtis, Robin H. Dea, Kathleen Anamosa and husband, Jim Taggard, Marti Anamosa and husband, Duane Fulgham, Paul Anamosa and wife, Frances, Bill Anamosa and wife, Sian, Mary Claire West and husband, Alan, and Jim Anamosa; the mother of his children, Mary Ann Hughes Anamosa of Austin, Texas; his stepchildren, Mary Ellen Stanton and husband, Mike Stanton, Mike McCarthy and wife, Frances, Julie Schreiber and husband, Doug, Kathleen Gray and husband, Pat, and John McCarthy; his sister, Jennie Rosecrans of Tucson, Arizona; 26 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his stepson, Jim McCarthy in 1994. A Rosary will be held on Thursday, June 21, 2001, 7:00 p.m. French Mortuary, Wyoming Chapel, 7121 Wyoming Blvd N.E. A Mass will be celebrated on Friday, June 22, 2001, 12:00 p.m. at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 12500 Carmel N.E. The family request that in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the United Blood Services, 1515 University Blvd. N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87102, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, 2403 San Mateo Blvd. N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87110 or St. Martin's Hospitality Center, 1201 3rd Street N.W., Albuquerque, NM 87102.
        Published on: Thu June 21, 2001