Inger Olehaven Ormsdatter Anderson

ORMSDATTER, ANDERSON

Posted By: Lisa Walden (email)
Date: 3/16/2020 at 09:12:30

ANDERSON. Enger Olehaven Anderson was born January 17, 1836, at Stavanger, Norway, and died at Lamoni, Iowa, February 14, 1921, aged 85 years and 28 days.

She came to America in 1857, and married A. K. Anderson at Mission, La Salle County, Illinois on July 5, 1857. To this union were born 8 children, the first, a son, dying in infancy; the others are all living, Andrew, Anna A., Daniel, Oscar, and Nellie, of Lamoni, Iowa; Benjamin of Omaha, Nebraska, and David, of the State College, Pennsylvania, all present at obsequies.

Baptized March 17, 1862. Moved to Decatur County, in the vicinity of Lamoni, in March 1872, and have made their home near the town and in the town until the time of her death. Her life has been one of exemplary habits, faithful and diligent in her religious associations, a life of service to others.

Funeral services in charge of J. F. Garver, the sermon by F. A. Smith.

Source: Saints’ Herald, 23 Feb 1921, p. 191