Anderson, Gotchall Leonard 1914 – 2000

ANDERSON, HANSEN, LUBBERT, ROTH

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 6/26/2016 at 14:19:56

Source: Riceville Recorder P.11
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee

Gotchal Leonard Anderson, 85, of Riceville, passed away at his home on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2000. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 8 at the Mclntire United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Michael Carey officiating. Burial was in the Wayne Cemetery in rural Mclntire.

Gotchal Leonard Anderson, better known as "Pete," was born December 30, 1914, in Lisbon, N.D., to Andrew and Rasmine Hansen Anderson.

He came to Iowa as a young man with his two brothers to work as a farm hand. In 1937, he started working at Dolliver, Iowa, for Christina Hansen, managing the farm.

On May 4, 1940, he married Mabel Hansen, daughter of Christina Hansen, in Spencer Iowa. In 1942, they moved to an unimproved farm near Riceville. He had lived the last 53 years on the present farm. Gotchal and Mabel had five children, Larry, Nancy, Darrel, Dennis and Debra.

Gotchal loved his life as a farmer, enjoyed hunting and fishing trips and went on many fishing trips with family and friends. They have taken all the grandchildren to Canada except the three youngest.

Upon retirement, they spent several years in Mission, Texas. He loved spending time with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and was so proud of them all. Everyone who knows him knows how he could laugh about stories and humorous incidents.

He is survived by his wife Mabel of Riceville; two sons, Darrel and his wife Sue of Riceville and Dennis and his wife Becky of Lisbon, N.D.; two daughters, Nancy Lubbert of Riceville and Debra Roth and her husband Greg of Beloit, Wise.; 19 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Ervin and Edmund, both of Lisbon, N.D.; and those special friends whom have spent many evenings playing 500 and getting together for potlucks for many years.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers; three sisters; his son Larry in 1996, a daughter-in-law, Kay, in 1994; and a son-in-law, Dean Lubbert, in 1997.

Lindstrom Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.