Funeral services are 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont. Interment with military honors will be at the Kennard Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, with the family receiving friends from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and continues Friday from 9 to 10 a.m.

Ansel F. Andersen was born Jan. 29, 1920, in rural Kennard to Anton and Sena (Svendgaard) Andersen. He attended March School and Arlington High School.

He graduated from Fry Aircraft School on Sept. 27, 1941, and worked at the Martin Bomber Plant in Baltimore, Md. He later transferred to the Martin Bomber Plant in Omaha, where he was supervisor of the electrical department. He designed the wiring package for the Norden bombsight for the B-17 bombers that were produced in Omaha.

He met his wife-to-be, Jean Dougal, while working in Omaha. The couple were married Nov. 16, 1943, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Mr. Andersen served in the U.S. Army Air Force from Dec. 8, 1943, until Oct. 1, 1945, and attended West Texas State College as part of his training. After beng discharged, he returned to the family farm. Along with farming, he worked at Western Electric Company in Omaha. He retired from that company in 1977, then worked as a crop adjuster for Federal Crop Insurance. He retired from farming in 2005, and moved to Fremont.

He was a member of the American Legion Post in Millard. He loved to dance, especially the polka, and he also loved to travel.

He is survived by his wife, Jean; son and daughter-in-law, Stevan and Marty Andersen of Arlington; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Bob Blanchard of Cincinnati, Ohio; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Patty Wipperling of Omaha.

He was preceded in death by six sisters.

Memorials are suggested to the UNMC Parkinson's Disease Research Fund 4791.