| Services were Saturday, April 15 at First Lutheran Church in Blair for Anna M. Andersen, 95, who died at her home in Blair on April 12, 1989. Rev. James V. McBride officiated. Burial was at Prairie View Cemetery south of Kennard.
Homer Nielsen was vocalist and Paul Neve served as organist.
Anna Andersen was born October 15, 1893 to Martin and Ane Margrethe Rasmussen at their farm west of Kennard, the sixth of twelve children. On March 22, 1916, she married Jens L. Andersen of the Washington area. They lived on and farmed the Andersen family farm until his death in January, 1947. She had resided in Blair since then. She was a member of First Lutheran Church.
Their three children survive her, a son Alvin, with his wife, Lorene, of Washington; daughter, Clarice of Blair; and daughter Verda, with husband, Clifford Swanson, of Des Moines, Iowa.
Also surviving are six grandchildren, Glen, Wayne, Marvin, and Wesley Andersen; Maurya Heger, and Amy Parker. Two sisters, Hertha Frank of Tekamah and Elna Miller of Blair, also survive.
One granddaughter, Roxann Sauerman, preceded her in death.
The four grandsons and two grandsons-in-law, Rober Sauerman and Carl Parker, were casket bearers.
Campbell Funeral Home was in charge of services. | 