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Alfred Andersen

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Alfred Andersen

Birth
Death
1951 (aged 60–61)
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
C-1-6
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ALFRED ANDERSEN

Alfred N. Andersen, 61, retired Coast Guard officer, died suddenly Wednesday
morning at his home, 1605 Clark St., Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Pfeffer Funeral Home,
Manitowoc, the Rev. Paul Blaufuss officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen
Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion.
Mr. Andersen was born in 1890 in Bornholm, Denmark,a and came to this country
as a young man. He served in the Coast Guard for 25 years and was a lieutenant
when he retired in 1946. He and his wife, the former Viola Wille of Manitowoc,
came to Manitowoc to make their home in 1948.
The couple was married in Oakland, Calif. in 1935. Mr. Andersen had been one
of the Coast Guard officers in charge when the three C.G. patrol boats, Dione,
Electra and Pandora were built at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding company. Following
their marriage, the Andersens lived in San Franciso, and then transferred to
Hawaii. They were in Honolulu at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
in 1941.
Survivors are the wife; three sisters, Mrs. Marius Nielsen of San Jose, Calif.,
Mrs. Agnes Blewitt of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Miss Una Andersen of San Francisco;
and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 17, 1951 P. 2
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[Alfred N. Andersen/bur. 10-19-1951/age 61 yrs./bur. on Charlotte Jacobsen lot]
ALFRED ANDERSEN

Alfred N. Andersen, 61, retired Coast Guard officer, died suddenly Wednesday
morning at his home, 1605 Clark St., Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Pfeffer Funeral Home,
Manitowoc, the Rev. Paul Blaufuss officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen
Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion.
Mr. Andersen was born in 1890 in Bornholm, Denmark,a and came to this country
as a young man. He served in the Coast Guard for 25 years and was a lieutenant
when he retired in 1946. He and his wife, the former Viola Wille of Manitowoc,
came to Manitowoc to make their home in 1948.
The couple was married in Oakland, Calif. in 1935. Mr. Andersen had been one
of the Coast Guard officers in charge when the three C.G. patrol boats, Dione,
Electra and Pandora were built at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding company. Following
their marriage, the Andersens lived in San Franciso, and then transferred to
Hawaii. They were in Honolulu at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
in 1941.
Survivors are the wife; three sisters, Mrs. Marius Nielsen of San Jose, Calif.,
Mrs. Agnes Blewitt of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Miss Una Andersen of San Francisco;
and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 17, 1951 P. 2
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[Alfred N. Andersen/bur. 10-19-1951/age 61 yrs./bur. on Charlotte Jacobsen lot]


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