Oscar is a son of Anton Mauriz Broieson Anderson and Mabel Ellen [---?---].
Oscar received his education in the rural schools and later attended Britt high school. After completing his education he farmed with his father at Kanawha until called into the service of his country in January 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December. He trained at Camp Roberts, California, before embarking April 20, 1942, for the South Pacific theater. He served his country twenty-nine months; twenty-four of which were spent in Australia. While in Australia he was in the infantry and kitchen personnel in O.C.S. He returned to the United States May 1, 1944, and was honorably discharged from the army May 7, 1944, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. While in the service he earned four South Pacific ribbons and one Good Conduct medal.
On November 24, 1944, in the parsonage of the Evangelical Free Methodist Church in Britt, Oscar married Frances Caroline Nutt, a daughter of Frank Burnett Nutt and Ella Barbara Ryan. They lived on a farm six and one-half miles south of Britt, in Hancock county, Iowa. They farmed here until 1949. Afterward they lived and farmed in section one at Geneseo. They were members of the Geneseo Church.
Oscar was a great deal taller than his wife Frances.
Their 58-year marriage produced two children, both daughters. Oscar died at age 86.
Oscar received his education in the rural schools and later attended Britt high school. After completing his education he farmed with his father at Kanawha until called into the service of his country in January 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December. He trained at Camp Roberts, California, before embarking April 20, 1942, for the South Pacific theater. He served his country twenty-nine months; twenty-four of which were spent in Australia. While in Australia he was in the infantry and kitchen personnel in O.C.S. He returned to the United States May 1, 1944, and was honorably discharged from the army May 7, 1944, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. While in the service he earned four South Pacific ribbons and one Good Conduct medal.
On November 24, 1944, in the parsonage of the Evangelical Free Methodist Church in Britt, Oscar married Frances Caroline Nutt, a daughter of Frank Burnett Nutt and Ella Barbara Ryan. They lived on a farm six and one-half miles south of Britt, in Hancock county, Iowa. They farmed here until 1949. Afterward they lived and farmed in section one at Geneseo. They were members of the Geneseo Church.
Oscar was a great deal taller than his wife Frances.
Their 58-year marriage produced two children, both daughters. Oscar died at age 86.
Oscar is a son of Anton Mauriz Broieson Anderson and Mabel Ellen [---?---].
Oscar received his education in the rural schools and later attended Britt high school. After completing his education he farmed with his father at Kanawha until called into the service of his country in January 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December. He trained at Camp Roberts, California, before embarking April 20, 1942, for the South Pacific theater. He served his country twenty-nine months; twenty-four of which were spent in Australia. While in Australia he was in the infantry and kitchen personnel in O.C.S. He returned to the United States May 1, 1944, and was honorably discharged from the army May 7, 1944, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. While in the service he earned four South Pacific ribbons and one Good Conduct medal.
On November 24, 1944, in the parsonage of the Evangelical Free Methodist Church in Britt, Oscar married Frances Caroline Nutt, a daughter of Frank Burnett Nutt and Ella Barbara Ryan. They lived on a farm six and one-half miles south of Britt, in Hancock county, Iowa. They farmed here until 1949. Afterward they lived and farmed in section one at Geneseo. They were members of the Geneseo Church.
Oscar was a great deal taller than his wife Frances.
Their 58-year marriage produced two children, both daughters. Oscar died at age 86.
Oscar received his education in the rural schools and later attended Britt high school. After completing his education he farmed with his father at Kanawha until called into the service of his country in January 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December. He trained at Camp Roberts, California, before embarking April 20, 1942, for the South Pacific theater. He served his country twenty-nine months; twenty-four of which were spent in Australia. While in Australia he was in the infantry and kitchen personnel in O.C.S. He returned to the United States May 1, 1944, and was honorably discharged from the army May 7, 1944, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. While in the service he earned four South Pacific ribbons and one Good Conduct medal.
On November 24, 1944, in the parsonage of the Evangelical Free Methodist Church in Britt, Oscar married Frances Caroline Nutt, a daughter of Frank Burnett Nutt and Ella Barbara Ryan. They lived on a farm six and one-half miles south of Britt, in Hancock county, Iowa. They farmed here until 1949. Afterward they lived and farmed in section one at Geneseo. They were members of the Geneseo Church.
Oscar was a great deal taller than his wife Frances.
Their 58-year marriage produced two children, both daughters. Oscar died at age 86.
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