In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised RFH ’84 Grad, Buff Anderson, 57

Rumson-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) 1984 graduate, John “Buff” Anderson, most recently of Atlantic Highlands, passed away Sunday, Oct. 9. He was 57.

Born on Oct. 9, 1965 to James and Priscilla Anderson, Buff was the third of nine children raised in Rumson. He graduated from Holy Cross School and RFH.

Known as a hard worker all his life, after high school, Buff went to work for Anderson Bros. Inc., the Red Bank family business, and “loved working for the business, moving furniture.”

Buff Anderson
Photo/family via John E. Day Funeral Home

“Buff was very outgoing and loved being a salesman, where he was a natural, most recently working at Nissan City on Red Bank. Buff relished freedom and celebrated that liberty by riding his beloved Harley — full throttle on any surface that would accept it. Buff lived his entire life full throttle, foot to the floor, full steam ahead, don’t look back.
Buff would like to be remembered as exactly as he was — unique, one-of-a-kind, fly-by-the- seat-of-his-pants kind of guy — a wild man who truly loved his family and friends.

Buff was predeceased by: his parents, James and Priscilla Anderson, in 2021; and his daughter, Amy Anderson, in 2008.

He is survived by: his three children, Buff, Grace, and James “Jimmy”; their mother, Elizabeth Anderson; his eight siblings, Jim, Kevin, Cathy, Rob, Karen, Sue, Dave and Jennifer; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Family and friends are invited to gather on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the John E. Day Funeral Home, Red Bank. A graveside commemoration will follow at 11:30am at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Middletown.