Suggested edit: Obituary published in Manchester Press on Thursday, March 9th, 1933
Peter Magnus Anderson was born in Almusryd Smatan, Sweden, on November 7, 1859. In the year of 1887 he came to America and settled near Hopkinton. He was married to Cecelia Soneson on April 16, 1889, and began housekeeping on a farm near Delhi where their five children were born.
He was one of the founders of the Delaware Swedish Lutheran church and took an active part until his wife became deaf. In the year of 1912, he sold his farm east of Delhi and purchased a farm near Oneida. He was on the board of directors which built the Oneida Consolidated school and was interested in many other civic affairs. He moved to Oneida in 1920, where he resided until his death.
He is survived by his wife, four children--Mrs. Mamie Wooldridge and Mrs. Clara Folkers of Marion, Anton on the home farm, and Henry at home; one brother, John of Alcester, S. D., and one sister, Ida Lundquist, of Stoughton, Mass., and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Ida Hatfield, who died Oct. 27, 1922, his parentsa and two brothers. Mr. Anderson has always enjoyed good health with the exception of asthmatic trouble. On Feb. 27, he suffered a stroke of apoplexy. He regained consciousness, but bronchial pneumonia developed which caused his death Saturday morning, March 4, 1933, at eleven o'clock. Mr. Anderson was 73 years, 3 months and 27 days old.
Funeral services were held at the family home Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., Rev. Pease, pastor of the Greeley and Oneida Methodist churches, conducting the services. The casket bearers were R.W. Burrow of Earlville; John Swanson of Manchester; Lew Goranson, Ed Hokanson, Loren Bushnell and S.T. Knox of Oneida. Burial was in the Delaware cemetery.
Contributor: Jeanette Johnson (48278241)
Peter Magnus Anderson was born in Almusryd Smatan, Sweden, on November 7, 1859. In the year of 1887 he came to America and settled near Hopkinton. He was married to Cecelia Soneson on April 16, 1889, and began housekeeping on a farm near Delhi where their five children were born.
He was one of the founders of the Delaware Swedish Lutheran church and took an active part until his wife became deaf. In the year of 1912, he sold his farm east of Delhi and purchased a farm near Oneida. He was on the board of directors which built the Oneida Consolidated school and was interested in many other civic affairs. He moved to Oneida in 1920, where he resided until his death.
He is survived by his wife, four children--Mrs. Mamie Wooldridge and Mrs. Clara Folkers of Marion, Anton on the home farm, and Henry at home; one brother, John of Alcester, S. D., and one sister, Ida Lundquist, of Stoughton, Mass., and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Ida Hatfield, who died Oct. 27, 1922, his parentsa and two brothers. Mr. Anderson has always enjoyed good health with the exception of asthmatic trouble. On Feb. 27, he suffered a stroke of apoplexy. He regained consciousness, but bronchial pneumonia developed which caused his death Saturday morning, March 4, 1933, at eleven o'clock. Mr. Anderson was 73 years, 3 months and 27 days old.
Funeral services were held at the family home Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., Rev. Pease, pastor of the Greeley and Oneida Methodist churches, conducting the services. The casket bearers were R.W. Burrow of Earlville; John Swanson of Manchester; Lew Goranson, Ed Hokanson, Loren Bushnell and S.T. Knox of Oneida. Burial was in the Delaware cemetery.
Contributor: Jeanette Johnson (48278241)
Suggested edit: Obituary published in Manchester Press on Thursday, March 9th, 1933
Peter Magnus Anderson was born in Almusryd Smatan, Sweden, on November 7, 1859. In the year of 1887 he came to America and settled near Hopkinton. He was married to Cecelia Soneson on April 16, 1889, and began housekeeping on a farm near Delhi where their five children were born.
He was one of the founders of the Delaware Swedish Lutheran church and took an active part until his wife became deaf. In the year of 1912, he sold his farm east of Delhi and purchased a farm near Oneida. He was on the board of directors which built the Oneida Consolidated school and was interested in many other civic affairs. He moved to Oneida in 1920, where he resided until his death.
He is survived by his wife, four children--Mrs. Mamie Wooldridge and Mrs. Clara Folkers of Marion, Anton on the home farm, and Henry at home; one brother, John of Alcester, S. D., and one sister, Ida Lundquist, of Stoughton, Mass., and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Ida Hatfield, who died Oct. 27, 1922, his parentsa and two brothers. Mr. Anderson has always enjoyed good health with the exception of asthmatic trouble. On Feb. 27, he suffered a stroke of apoplexy. He regained consciousness, but bronchial pneumonia developed which caused his death Saturday morning, March 4, 1933, at eleven o'clock. Mr. Anderson was 73 years, 3 months and 27 days old.
Funeral services were held at the family home Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., Rev. Pease, pastor of the Greeley and Oneida Methodist churches, conducting the services. The casket bearers were R.W. Burrow of Earlville; John Swanson of Manchester; Lew Goranson, Ed Hokanson, Loren Bushnell and S.T. Knox of Oneida. Burial was in the Delaware cemetery.
Contributor: Jeanette Johnson (48278241)
Peter Magnus Anderson was born in Almusryd Smatan, Sweden, on November 7, 1859. In the year of 1887 he came to America and settled near Hopkinton. He was married to Cecelia Soneson on April 16, 1889, and began housekeeping on a farm near Delhi where their five children were born.
He was one of the founders of the Delaware Swedish Lutheran church and took an active part until his wife became deaf. In the year of 1912, he sold his farm east of Delhi and purchased a farm near Oneida. He was on the board of directors which built the Oneida Consolidated school and was interested in many other civic affairs. He moved to Oneida in 1920, where he resided until his death.
He is survived by his wife, four children--Mrs. Mamie Wooldridge and Mrs. Clara Folkers of Marion, Anton on the home farm, and Henry at home; one brother, John of Alcester, S. D., and one sister, Ida Lundquist, of Stoughton, Mass., and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Ida Hatfield, who died Oct. 27, 1922, his parentsa and two brothers. Mr. Anderson has always enjoyed good health with the exception of asthmatic trouble. On Feb. 27, he suffered a stroke of apoplexy. He regained consciousness, but bronchial pneumonia developed which caused his death Saturday morning, March 4, 1933, at eleven o'clock. Mr. Anderson was 73 years, 3 months and 27 days old.
Funeral services were held at the family home Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., Rev. Pease, pastor of the Greeley and Oneida Methodist churches, conducting the services. The casket bearers were R.W. Burrow of Earlville; John Swanson of Manchester; Lew Goranson, Ed Hokanson, Loren Bushnell and S.T. Knox of Oneida. Burial was in the Delaware cemetery.
Contributor: Jeanette Johnson (48278241)
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