Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Anderson, Nels N. March 18, 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Jarvey iandaz@cox.net December 7, 2009, 6:12 pm unknown Anderson, Nels N.~(Contributor note: died Mar. 18, 1930) Nels Anderson was born in Torpen, Norway, April 5, 1855. At the age of 21 he came to America and spent his first year at Clinton, Iowa, when he went to Wisconsin, where he lived until moving here. He was married to Anna Gilbert in 1887 at Merrill, Wisconsin. To this union was born 4 children, 2 of them having preceeded their father in death, one in infancy and Albert a year ago. In 1889 he with his family moved to Soldier. He remained here one year when he moved to Chicago where he lived 6 years, after which he returned to Soldier of which place he has made his home since. He leaves besides his immediate family, 2 brothers and 1 sister and 9 grandchildren besides a number of more distant relatives. Mr. Anderson, as the editor knew him was one of the most loyal men we know of to the Legion boys. He always had a good word to say for us and would always wish us the best of every thing. We realize the loss of this good friend to our Post and to our organization in general. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the church in Soldier. Interment was made in the Soldier Valley Cemetery. Rev. Hoifjeld conducting the services. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/monona/obits/a/anderson2208gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/iafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb