Ernie was born to Nels and Petrea (Madsen)Anderson. Soon after the family moved to Dallas. His mother passed away when he was barely three years old. His father was a brick mason, and as Ernie got older, he worked with his father (carrying bricks, etc.). His father had built many of the fireplaces in homes in Dallas and the surrounding area. His father passed away when Ernie was 15, after which Ernie lived with a sister and her family until they moved to eastern Oregon.
His sister learned of Mrs. Blanch Fenton (a widow who lost her only son, Carl Fenton, soon after returning home from World War 1). She needed someone to help keep up her home. Ernie went to live with her and helped her for his room and board. He was still in high school, and after school each day, he would go to the creamery and go on the milk truck delivering milk to homes. After graduation, he worked inside making butter, cottage cheese, etc. Later, Joe Card and Howard Fleming asked him to come and work with them at the Chevron Gas station on the corner of Washington and Main Street (no longer there).
On May 15, 1939, Ernie married Ann Fritz, and Mrs. Fenton wanted Ernie to remain close by and rented him the small house in back of hers on Court Street (This area is all now the new county jail). When our country became involved in World War II, Ernie received orders to report to Keyport, Washington, which was a marine torpedo station. He lived with Ann there for three years, where their first child was born, and returned to Dallas when the war ended to work again at the Chevron Station and live in the house on Court Street. After Mrs. Fenton passed away, he moved to Rickreall in 1952 where he went to work for Polk County Farmer's Coop (now AG West).Ernie had joined the fire department in Dallas when he was about 16 years old. So when he moved to Rickreall, the fire chief asked if he would take a fire truck to Rickreall. The manager of Farm Supply offered to keep it in their building temporarily. It was later moved to a building next to the grocery store, and two more trucks were added. Ernie bought a fire siren. When the church on Hwy 99W burned down, the land was donated for building a fire hall. Lloyd Larkin, a local man and member of the board arranged for financing the new fire hall. Ernie was their first fire chief. Rickreall today has a very successful fire department with a great bunch of volunteer firemen. When Polk County Housing Authority started building housing units for the elderly on Tabin Road in West Salem and later in Dallas, Ernie went to work there as maintenance supervisor, from which he retired in 1979. After having remodeled three homes, he wanted to build himself a new home on the acre of ground he bought in Rickreall where he wanted to remain for the rest of his life. He passed away there, in his own home, on the morning of April 20, 2008.
Ernie enjoyed fishing and camping with his family and friends and his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and he and Ann enjoyed playing golf, doing some traveling, and working on their place.
Ernie was preceded in death by his parents; seven sisters; and one brother. Survivors are his wife, Ann; daughter and son-in-law, Kristine and James Blodget of Salem, Oregon; son, Ernest Anderson, Jr. of Idaho; and three grandchildren.
Ernie was a very faithful and loving husband and father, and he will be missed very much. His family meant everything to him, and we feel that we have really been blessed to have had him with us for so many years. May 15 would have been Ernie and Ann's 69th wedding anniversary.
Source: Statesman Journal 4-24-08
His sister learned of Mrs. Blanch Fenton (a widow who lost her only son, Carl Fenton, soon after returning home from World War 1). She needed someone to help keep up her home. Ernie went to live with her and helped her for his room and board. He was still in high school, and after school each day, he would go to the creamery and go on the milk truck delivering milk to homes. After graduation, he worked inside making butter, cottage cheese, etc. Later, Joe Card and Howard Fleming asked him to come and work with them at the Chevron Gas station on the corner of Washington and Main Street (no longer there).
On May 15, 1939, Ernie married Ann Fritz, and Mrs. Fenton wanted Ernie to remain close by and rented him the small house in back of hers on Court Street (This area is all now the new county jail). When our country became involved in World War II, Ernie received orders to report to Keyport, Washington, which was a marine torpedo station. He lived with Ann there for three years, where their first child was born, and returned to Dallas when the war ended to work again at the Chevron Station and live in the house on Court Street. After Mrs. Fenton passed away, he moved to Rickreall in 1952 where he went to work for Polk County Farmer's Coop (now AG West).Ernie had joined the fire department in Dallas when he was about 16 years old. So when he moved to Rickreall, the fire chief asked if he would take a fire truck to Rickreall. The manager of Farm Supply offered to keep it in their building temporarily. It was later moved to a building next to the grocery store, and two more trucks were added. Ernie bought a fire siren. When the church on Hwy 99W burned down, the land was donated for building a fire hall. Lloyd Larkin, a local man and member of the board arranged for financing the new fire hall. Ernie was their first fire chief. Rickreall today has a very successful fire department with a great bunch of volunteer firemen. When Polk County Housing Authority started building housing units for the elderly on Tabin Road in West Salem and later in Dallas, Ernie went to work there as maintenance supervisor, from which he retired in 1979. After having remodeled three homes, he wanted to build himself a new home on the acre of ground he bought in Rickreall where he wanted to remain for the rest of his life. He passed away there, in his own home, on the morning of April 20, 2008.
Ernie enjoyed fishing and camping with his family and friends and his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and he and Ann enjoyed playing golf, doing some traveling, and working on their place.
Ernie was preceded in death by his parents; seven sisters; and one brother. Survivors are his wife, Ann; daughter and son-in-law, Kristine and James Blodget of Salem, Oregon; son, Ernest Anderson, Jr. of Idaho; and three grandchildren.
Ernie was a very faithful and loving husband and father, and he will be missed very much. His family meant everything to him, and we feel that we have really been blessed to have had him with us for so many years. May 15 would have been Ernie and Ann's 69th wedding anniversary.
Source: Statesman Journal 4-24-08
Ernie was born to Nels and Petrea (Madsen)Anderson. Soon after the family moved to Dallas. His mother passed away when he was barely three years old. His father was a brick mason, and as Ernie got older, he worked with his father (carrying bricks, etc.). His father had built many of the fireplaces in homes in Dallas and the surrounding area. His father passed away when Ernie was 15, after which Ernie lived with a sister and her family until they moved to eastern Oregon.
His sister learned of Mrs. Blanch Fenton (a widow who lost her only son, Carl Fenton, soon after returning home from World War 1). She needed someone to help keep up her home. Ernie went to live with her and helped her for his room and board. He was still in high school, and after school each day, he would go to the creamery and go on the milk truck delivering milk to homes. After graduation, he worked inside making butter, cottage cheese, etc. Later, Joe Card and Howard Fleming asked him to come and work with them at the Chevron Gas station on the corner of Washington and Main Street (no longer there).
On May 15, 1939, Ernie married Ann Fritz, and Mrs. Fenton wanted Ernie to remain close by and rented him the small house in back of hers on Court Street (This area is all now the new county jail). When our country became involved in World War II, Ernie received orders to report to Keyport, Washington, which was a marine torpedo station. He lived with Ann there for three years, where their first child was born, and returned to Dallas when the war ended to work again at the Chevron Station and live in the house on Court Street. After Mrs. Fenton passed away, he moved to Rickreall in 1952 where he went to work for Polk County Farmer's Coop (now AG West).Ernie had joined the fire department in Dallas when he was about 16 years old. So when he moved to Rickreall, the fire chief asked if he would take a fire truck to Rickreall. The manager of Farm Supply offered to keep it in their building temporarily. It was later moved to a building next to the grocery store, and two more trucks were added. Ernie bought a fire siren. When the church on Hwy 99W burned down, the land was donated for building a fire hall. Lloyd Larkin, a local man and member of the board arranged for financing the new fire hall. Ernie was their first fire chief. Rickreall today has a very successful fire department with a great bunch of volunteer firemen. When Polk County Housing Authority started building housing units for the elderly on Tabin Road in West Salem and later in Dallas, Ernie went to work there as maintenance supervisor, from which he retired in 1979. After having remodeled three homes, he wanted to build himself a new home on the acre of ground he bought in Rickreall where he wanted to remain for the rest of his life. He passed away there, in his own home, on the morning of April 20, 2008.
Ernie enjoyed fishing and camping with his family and friends and his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and he and Ann enjoyed playing golf, doing some traveling, and working on their place.
Ernie was preceded in death by his parents; seven sisters; and one brother. Survivors are his wife, Ann; daughter and son-in-law, Kristine and James Blodget of Salem, Oregon; son, Ernest Anderson, Jr. of Idaho; and three grandchildren.
Ernie was a very faithful and loving husband and father, and he will be missed very much. His family meant everything to him, and we feel that we have really been blessed to have had him with us for so many years. May 15 would have been Ernie and Ann's 69th wedding anniversary.
Source: Statesman Journal 4-24-08
His sister learned of Mrs. Blanch Fenton (a widow who lost her only son, Carl Fenton, soon after returning home from World War 1). She needed someone to help keep up her home. Ernie went to live with her and helped her for his room and board. He was still in high school, and after school each day, he would go to the creamery and go on the milk truck delivering milk to homes. After graduation, he worked inside making butter, cottage cheese, etc. Later, Joe Card and Howard Fleming asked him to come and work with them at the Chevron Gas station on the corner of Washington and Main Street (no longer there).
On May 15, 1939, Ernie married Ann Fritz, and Mrs. Fenton wanted Ernie to remain close by and rented him the small house in back of hers on Court Street (This area is all now the new county jail). When our country became involved in World War II, Ernie received orders to report to Keyport, Washington, which was a marine torpedo station. He lived with Ann there for three years, where their first child was born, and returned to Dallas when the war ended to work again at the Chevron Station and live in the house on Court Street. After Mrs. Fenton passed away, he moved to Rickreall in 1952 where he went to work for Polk County Farmer's Coop (now AG West).Ernie had joined the fire department in Dallas when he was about 16 years old. So when he moved to Rickreall, the fire chief asked if he would take a fire truck to Rickreall. The manager of Farm Supply offered to keep it in their building temporarily. It was later moved to a building next to the grocery store, and two more trucks were added. Ernie bought a fire siren. When the church on Hwy 99W burned down, the land was donated for building a fire hall. Lloyd Larkin, a local man and member of the board arranged for financing the new fire hall. Ernie was their first fire chief. Rickreall today has a very successful fire department with a great bunch of volunteer firemen. When Polk County Housing Authority started building housing units for the elderly on Tabin Road in West Salem and later in Dallas, Ernie went to work there as maintenance supervisor, from which he retired in 1979. After having remodeled three homes, he wanted to build himself a new home on the acre of ground he bought in Rickreall where he wanted to remain for the rest of his life. He passed away there, in his own home, on the morning of April 20, 2008.
Ernie enjoyed fishing and camping with his family and friends and his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and he and Ann enjoyed playing golf, doing some traveling, and working on their place.
Ernie was preceded in death by his parents; seven sisters; and one brother. Survivors are his wife, Ann; daughter and son-in-law, Kristine and James Blodget of Salem, Oregon; son, Ernest Anderson, Jr. of Idaho; and three grandchildren.
Ernie was a very faithful and loving husband and father, and he will be missed very much. His family meant everything to him, and we feel that we have really been blessed to have had him with us for so many years. May 15 would have been Ernie and Ann's 69th wedding anniversary.
Source: Statesman Journal 4-24-08
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