Borge ANDERSEN

ANDERSEN, KNUDSEN, ERIKSEN, PATTERSON, ECHELBERGER, SWANSON, LANGE, NELSON, SCHULTES

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/4/2011 at 16:17:49

March 8, 1930 -- September 24, 2011

Borge Andersen, age 81, of Dows, died on Saturday, September 24, 2011, at the Wright Medical Center in Clarion. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 27, at the First Lutheran Church in Dows with Pastor David Sorenson officiating. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery in Dows. Graveside military rites were provided by the Dows American Legion Watson-Beach Post #523. The Dugger Funeral Home of Dows, was in charge of the arrangements.

Borge Andersen, the son of Knud Richard and Christina Marie Knudsen Andersen, was born on March 8, 1930 in Aarhus, Denmark. He grew up in Denmark during World War II. After attending school, Borge worked with his father at a vulcanizing shop. At the age of 17, Borge was sponsored by Dows citizen, Aage Eriksen and came to America. He settled west of Dows where he started working for Boyd and Doris Patterson on the Ranch. Borge was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951.

In 1952, Borge was united in marriage to Lucille Echelberger in Dows. Borge was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1953. The couple made their home at the Ranch until 1954. It was then that they moved to the Elmer Hansen farm and would live and farm for the next 40 years. In the late nineties, the couple moved in to Dows, where Borge was currently living. An active and hard-working man, Borge was very proud of his U.S. Citizenship. He was, even more proud to be from Dows. Borge belonged to the First Lutheran Church in Dows, Dows American Legion Post #523 where he served as commander, President of the Dows Golf Course which he helped build. Borge helped in numerous capacities in Dows, too many to mention. From and Al Jolson soft-shoe at the variety show, to Stag, or Corn Days, he was a participant. Borge was also on the Wright County Extension.

Borge is survived by his wife, Lucille; two daughters, Jean Swanson and husband, Duane of Hampton and Beverly Lange and husband, Allen of Dows; three grandchildren, Terri Nelson and husband, Jeff, Amy Schultes and husband, Jim and Erica Lange; four great-grandchildren, Emma, Ally, Collin and Tyson; and two sisters-in-law, Bodil and Edith in Denmark. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Fritz and Henning.

Wright County Monitor -- Clarion, Iowa
September 29, 2011