| Services will be held at Trailer Village, Mesa, Arizona in December for Leon David Andersen, 82 of Trailer Village, who died at his home August 7, 1996.
Leon David Andersen was born August 26, 1913 at Blair, where he grew up and attended school. He was known as Honny, a nickname that came from the way his brother said the word "honey."
After school, he worked in road construction as they built the road from Omaha to Blair.
In 1934, he married Emma Christine Svendgaard.
They moved to Omaha and he joined the Omaha Police Department rising to the rank of detective sergeant. During the war years, he walked the toughest beat in Omaha, 16th Street, where he was called King David by the merchants.
He and his wife purchased the Hilltop Grocery at 30th and Seward from his parents in 1948. In 1958, they purchased a resort on Rush Lake in Ottertail County, Minnesota, naming Andy's Resort.
When they retired, they lived on the Ottertail River by Rush Lake, Minnesota; then moved to Arizona full time.
He was an ordained Baptist minister for over 50 years. He took his Blue Lodge work in Omaha and was a member of Tangiers' Temple. He received his 50-year pin from Perham 157 AF & AM.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Mildred and two brothers, Milton and John.
He is survived by his wife, Emma; one son, Robert of Ottertail; two daughters, Anna (Mrs. Bob) Travelstead of Bothel, Washington and Carolyn (Mrs. Bob) Morrow of Mesa, Arizona; one brother, Marvin of Dakota City, Nebraska; 13 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. |