Danielson, Alan "Archie" (1929-2014)
DANIELSON, PANTZAR, MEYER, KING, OTTO, GEORG
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 1/15/2015 at 11:51:34
Alan "Archie" Danielson
January 26, 1929 - December 26, 2014The youngest of seven children, Alan Lindy Danielson was born on January 26, 1929, on a farm near Albert City, Buena Vista County, Iowa, to Ernest Oscar Danielsson (born on March 20, 1877, in Ekeby Parish, Boxholm Bruk, Ostergotland, Sweden), and Bertha Sofia Olivia Pantzar (born on January 10, 1896, on a farm near Albert City).
Alan spent four years in the U. S. Army from August 1948 to June 1952. What had started out as a three year hitch turned into three years, nine months, and eighteen days thanks to President Harry S. Truman. He spent nearly two years in Germany serving in Lenggries at the end of World War II. Alan enjoyed the German countryside with his base near a popular ski area. When he left the Army, he was discharged as a corporal in the 30th Infantry at Fort Benning, Georgia.
In 2000, Alan and his wife, Ruby Janice Meyer Danielson, made a trip to Europe to see the area in Sweden where his father's family came from and to have the opportunity once again to visit the Lenggries area. He and Janice were even able to tour the base there, which was a German base during World War II, an American base after the war, and then back to a German base later on. He felt that the area was still as beautiful as he had known it during his service time there.
After Alan came home from the Army, he returned to work cutting meat on the cut line at what was then Hygrade Food Products. He lived in Albert City with his father and took care of his mother, who was in the Sioux Rapids Nursing Home. After his parents died, he moved to Storm Lake to be closer to his work.
In 1971, Alan met Ruby Janice Meyer through his sister-in-law who worked with Janice. They married on April 30, 1972, in Jackson, Minnesota. He continued to work for Hygrade until the plant closed in 1981. Only 53 years old at the time, he thought he was much too young to retire. As a result, he and Janice bought Page by Page Books in Storm Lake, which they owned until they retired in 2000. Then, they had the opportunity to take that wonderful trip to Europe and to sit back and raise a BIG garden. Well known in the neighborhood for his terrific garden, he tended it by himself.
In 2010, Archie and Janice moved from their home in Emerald Park, Storm Lake, to a smaller, single level home in Alta, which helped with Archie's balance and mobility problems. Nonetheless, Archie fell in November, 2013, and broke his left hip, which led to a stay in the hospital and then to the Methodist Manor. He came home in time for Christmas in 2013, but continued to have health problems. In the fall of 2014, he and Janice left Alta to live with their son, Chuck, and his wife, Tonya, in Eagle, Idaho, so that Archie could benefit from the wonderful VA hospital in Boise. Our family is grateful for the excellent medical care he received there. Archie lived in Eagle from November, 2014, until he passed on in December, 2014. Unfortunately, his health deteriorated from renal failure, and he passed in his sleep after having a great Christmas with his family in Eagle.
He will be greatly missed by his wife, his children, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He was a wonderful husband, a great step-father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
He had a unique sense of humor throughout his life. His friends will tell you he always had a crazy joke or story to tell or some nonsense saying to make you laugh. He had a great impact on people, especially his cronies. He belonged to the VFW and American Legion and enjoyed the friends had there. In his early years, he had loved bowling.
He enjoyed showing off his garden produce, passing good food along to anyone that wanted it. It was a standing joke that he supplied tomatoes to all the "walkers" along the curb past their house in Emerald Park. He would often supply a bag and an invitation for people to pick what they could use. Even after he eventually retired from gardening, people would often ask about his gardens. He had two wooden raised garden boxes in Alta where he and Janice raised onions, tomatoes, and other small produce. It perked him up to see those things growing. Saddened to leave the small garden behind, they felt they had another part of their life to gain in Eagle, Idaho, where he finished his days on Earth with part of his family around him.
Archie is survived by his stepchildren, Linda Dianne King Otto and Charles William King, Jr.; his adopted daughter, Ginny Danielson; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Back in the mid-1970s, Archie and Janice decided to take foster children into their home because both Linda and Chuck had gone on to school and marriage. During that time, they adopted a 2 year old girl, Ginny, on February 4, 1980. She brought both joy and sorrow to them, but mostly joy. Ginny left home and later married, but left her daughter, Ashley, with Archie and Janice; Ashley also brought joy and some sorrow.
Preceding Archie in death were his parents, Ernest and Bertha Danielsson, and his siblings: Carl Everett, Ernest Andrew Axel, Glen Allen, Junior Carl, and Lowell Fredrick Danielson and Ardella Marie Danielson Georg.
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