Andersen, Elmer (1907 – 2009)

ANDERSEN, HANSEN, JENSEN, SMITH, THOMPSON, FIELDING

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 21:03:15

Name of deceased: Elmer Andersen

Aged: 102 yrs, 3 mo, 15 days

Residence: Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center, Avoca, IA

Born: May 19, 1907, Audubon Co., IA

Died: Sept. 3, 2009, Avoca, IA

Funeral services: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, Elk Horn Lutheran Church, Elk Horn, IA; Pastor Keith A. Menter officiated. Burial at Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery, Elk Horn, IA.

Survived by: Children, Shirley Thompson of San Antonio, TX, Emmert (spouse, Diane) Andersen of Harlan, IA, Joan Smith of Boone, IA, and Janice (spouse, David) Fielding of Lake Elsinore, CA; brother-in-law, Maynard (spouse, RoseMarie) Jensen of Elk Horn, IA; grandchildren, Bill, Cheryl, Steve, Dan, Kent, Mark, Chris, and Katie; 15 great-grandchildren; 5 nephews and 1 niece; cousins

Predeceased by: parents, Kristen Petersen Andersen and Johanna Marie (nee Hansen) Andersen; wife, Mildred (deceased 2005); brothers, Hans (and spouse, Sylvia), and Chris (and spouse, Mabel); sisters-in-law, Evelyn (and spouse, Ralph) Hansen, and Glenda (and spouse, Clifford) Andersen; son-in-law, Harold Smith; grandsons, Scott Andersen and Robert Thompson; nephews Robert Andersen and Donald Andersen.

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at the Bethany Lutheran Church, northeast of Kimballton, IA; member, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Jacksonville, IA, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Irwin, IA, and Elk Horn Lutheran Church, Elk Horn, IA

Education: information not provided

Marriage: Mildred Jensen, April 2, 1935, Elk Horn, IA

Employment: teen years: worked for several families, including Chris and Helena Christensen (Elk Horn, IA) where he met his future wife; after marriage, they farmed east of Elk Horn; in 1941, farmed in Fiscus, IA, and then bought their own farm in Shelby Co. in 1947, seven miles south of Irwin, IA. In 1990, they built a home in Elk Horn, IA, where they lived until their retirement in 2005, when they moved to the Harlan Retirement Home. Elmer briefly lived at Peace Haven Retirement Home, Walnut, IA, before moving to the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center.

Hobbies/Interests: member and served as president of the Kirkman Consolidated School Board; raised purebred hogs; raised and showed ponies and participated in local parades; traveled with spouse, including trips to Denmark to visit Elmer’s cousins, including a childhood visit in 1913 by ship; with spouse of 70 years, enjoyed their home, family, neighbors and many friends

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