Iverson, Andrew Curtis (1915-2012)

IVERSON, SEVERSON, ISEMINGER, ADAMS, LODIN, CHRISTOFFERSON, HEGLAND

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 7/19/2012 at 20:20:35

Andrew Curtis Iverson
(April 10, 1915 - July 14, 2012)

Surrounded by his loving family, Andrew C. Iverson, age 97, of Lake Mills, formerly of Fort Dodge, Iowa, died peacefully on Saturday, July 14, 2012, at the Lake Mills Care Center in Lake Mills, Iowa.

Andrew Curtis Iverson was born on April 10, 1915, in Dows, Iowa, to Henry Julius and Anna Marie Severson Iverson. After graduating from Dows High School in 1931 at the age of 15, he worked at the Dows Creamery and the Williams Bank before moving to Chicago in 1940 to attend Gregg Shorthand College. In 1941, he earned a degree in court reporting and was credentialed as a Certified Shorthand Reporter. After enlisting in the Navy in 1941, he served as a court reporter in the Naval Intelligence District Legal Office in Pearl Harbor recording courts martial. He attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer.

Discharged in 1946, he moved to Rock Rapids, Iowa, to work as a District Court Reporter with the circuit judge for the northwest Iowa district. That same year, he married Frances Eleanor Iseminger of Dows, Iowa.

Andy and the family moved to Hastings, Minnesota, in 1961, where he was employed by the District Court as an Official Court Reporter. In 1964, the family relocated to Spencer, Iowa, so Andy could pursue a new career as a life insurance agent. He returned to court reporting as a freelance reporter upon a move to Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1968. In 1981, he officially retired from court reporting at which time his daughter, Reade Adams, took over his freelance business in Fort Dodge. In 2004, Andy and Fran moved to Thompson, Iowa, to live near their granddaughter, Ellen (Iverson) Lodin. In 2009, they sold their home and moved into the Mills Harbour assisted living facility in Lake Mills, Iowa.

Andy is survived by his wife of sixty-six years, Frances; three children: John (Annette) Iverson, Reade Adams (John Schroder), and Paul (Judy) Iverson; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Stewart and Henry Iverson, and his sisters, Helen (Arne) Christofferson and Martha (Les) Hegland.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Salem Lutheran Church in Lake Mills with Pastor David E. Jordon officiating. Military honors will be conducted by the Otto/Chose Post #235 of Lake Mills.

Visitation will be from 10:00 to 11:00 AM at Salem Lutheran Church on Tuesday.

Burial will take place in Otis Grove Cemetery, rural Dows, Iowa.

The family requests no flowers. Memorials may be left to Mount Carmel Ministries, Alexandria, Minnesota.

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