He was born July 3, 1902 in Berge, Norway, the son of Andreas and Anna (Berge) Anderson and attended Primrose, Wis. schools. He helped his dad farm at Belleville, Wis. while growing up, then worked with Silas Lunde as a farm hand at Wallingford and later at Spencer Construction.
In 1925 he married Myrtle Swartz in Estherville.
The couple moved to Middleton, Wis. where he was a carpenter and supply contractor at munitions plants. They moved to Huntington and he worked for Martin Berge and later for Fagre Construction.
He married Minnie Dadt, June 15, 1940 at the Little Brown church [at Nashua, Iowa]. He moved to a farm near Arthur and farmed and did carpenter work for the lumber yard. They returned to Huntington in the late 60s. He has lived at Good Samaritan since March of 1993. He was a member of Estherville Lutheran Church.
Survivors include sons Everett Anderson of Sauk City, Wis.; Anthony and Alvin of Huntington; daughters: Mrs. Fred (Anna) McDevitt of Siloam Springs, Ark. and Mrs. Douglas (Mary) Robinson of Wallingford; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, both wives, four sisters and two brothers. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Iowa, May 4, 1994)
He was born July 3, 1902 in Berge, Norway, the son of Andreas and Anna (Berge) Anderson and attended Primrose, Wis. schools. He helped his dad farm at Belleville, Wis. while growing up, then worked with Silas Lunde as a farm hand at Wallingford and later at Spencer Construction.
In 1925 he married Myrtle Swartz in Estherville.
The couple moved to Middleton, Wis. where he was a carpenter and supply contractor at munitions plants. They moved to Huntington and he worked for Martin Berge and later for Fagre Construction.
He married Minnie Dadt, June 15, 1940 at the Little Brown church [at Nashua, Iowa]. He moved to a farm near Arthur and farmed and did carpenter work for the lumber yard. They returned to Huntington in the late 60s. He has lived at Good Samaritan since March of 1993. He was a member of Estherville Lutheran Church.
Survivors include sons Everett Anderson of Sauk City, Wis.; Anthony and Alvin of Huntington; daughters: Mrs. Fred (Anna) McDevitt of Siloam Springs, Ark. and Mrs. Douglas (Mary) Robinson of Wallingford; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, both wives, four sisters and two brothers. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Iowa, May 4, 1994)
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