OBITUARY: Dale Lee Anderson, 1935-2003, Mitchell County, Iowa

[Adapted from Mitchell County Press-News online - Posted Dec. 10, 2003 ]



                        Dale Lee Anderson

Memorial services for Dale Lee Anderson, formerly of Osage, were
held Monday, Dec. 8, 2003, at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Ames,
Iowa.  Dale passed away Dec. 4, 2003 at the Israel Family Hospice
House, Ames, Iowa.

Dale was born in Osage, Iowa, on March 29, 1935 to Ren and Myrtle
(Lee) Anderson.  He graduated from Osage High School in 1953 and
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1957. He taught in the Cedar Rapids 
school system from 1957-1967 and completed a graduate degree at 
the University of Iowa.

Dale was a member of St. Andrews where he sang in the choir and
taught Sunday School. He supported the Curt Lindholm event, a
fund raiser for spinal research and the ISU foundation. He also
did volunteer work with the Ames Boys and Girls Club, Saturday
Morning Kiwanis and the University of Iowa Holden Cancer Research
Foundation.

He is survived by his wife Sharon and his four children and
seven grandchildren Marla and Troy Eagen and children Megan,
Molly, Brian and Laura of Rochester, Minnesota; Paul Anderson
of Ames; Jim and Ivy Hanson-Anderson and children John, Grace
and Kate of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Holly Anderson of Roseville,
Minnesota and sister and brother-in-law Audrey and Milt Monicken
of Duluth, Minnesota, and his brother and sister-in-law Paul
and Carol Anderson of St. Ansgar, Iowa.



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