OSCAR ANDERSON
Oscar Anderson, 75, of 613 Pine St., Manitowoc, died Tuesday morning
at home.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Jens Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Dale Tutje will officiate and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Anderson was born April 6, 1896, at Chicago, son of the late Casper
and Mary Gustavson Anderson. He attended schools in Chicago and later
attended Marconi School of Wireless Telegraphy at Cleveland, Ohio. He
was a radio operator on Great Lakes steamships and served as an
electrician and radio operator in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Mr.
Anderson was an electrician and radio repairman of contract shops in
Manitowoc. He was a graduate of the Milwaukee School of Engineering and
following his schooling was chief electrician at Rahr Malting Co. for 34
years, retiring in 1962.
Mr. Anderson served 14 years as alderman on the city council and one term
as president. He also served on the Board of Electrical Examiners and the
Manitowoc Public Utilities Commission from 1950 to 1966, and was president
of the commission in 1963 and 1964. He was a member of American Legion
Drews-Bleser Post No. 88 and First Presbyterian Church of Manitowoc.
Mr. Anderson married Hazel Smith Nov. 6, 1918, and the couple celebrated
its golden wedding anniversary in 1968.
Survivors include his wife, a son and a daughter: a brother, George, of
Chicago, a sister, Mrs. Paul Poltan, of Chicago and six grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday where
Masonic Memorial services will be conducted at 8 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc-Two Rivers, Wis. January 4, 1972
OSCAR ANDERSON
Oscar Anderson, 75, of 613 Pine St., Manitowoc, died Tuesday morning
at home.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Jens Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Dale Tutje will officiate and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Anderson was born April 6, 1896, at Chicago, son of the late Casper
and Mary Gustavson Anderson. He attended schools in Chicago and later
attended Marconi School of Wireless Telegraphy at Cleveland, Ohio. He
was a radio operator on Great Lakes steamships and served as an
electrician and radio operator in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Mr.
Anderson was an electrician and radio repairman of contract shops in
Manitowoc. He was a graduate of the Milwaukee School of Engineering and
following his schooling was chief electrician at Rahr Malting Co. for 34
years, retiring in 1962.
Mr. Anderson served 14 years as alderman on the city council and one term
as president. He also served on the Board of Electrical Examiners and the
Manitowoc Public Utilities Commission from 1950 to 1966, and was president
of the commission in 1963 and 1964. He was a member of American Legion
Drews-Bleser Post No. 88 and First Presbyterian Church of Manitowoc.
Mr. Anderson married Hazel Smith Nov. 6, 1918, and the couple celebrated
its golden wedding anniversary in 1968.
Survivors include his wife, a son and a daughter: a brother, George, of
Chicago, a sister, Mrs. Paul Poltan, of Chicago and six grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday where
Masonic Memorial services will be conducted at 8 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc-Two Rivers, Wis. January 4, 1972
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