OBITUARY

One of Lyle's Most influential
Citizens Passed away.

ANDREW H. ANDERSON

On Tuesday afternoon occurred the funeral of one of Lyle's best known and influential citizens, who was laid to rest after months of suffering. The concourse of friends and neighbors that gathered to pay their last respects to the departed dead was one of the largest assemblies gathered at a local funeral for some time.

How often, it has become our duty to chronicle the death of some of the older citizens, but how few have known for months before the great reaper came to gather them in, that they were so near the end of their earthly pilgrimage, and how few have awaited the time when they should be called from their suffering as eagerly as did A. H. Anderson, who passed from this life Saturday morning at 11:30.

For the past years he has gone up and down our streets, taking an active interest in Lyle's business affairs, serving the people in many positions of honor and trust, and contributing a generous share toward all lines of advancement. He had been in good health until last January. He then visited several specialists, who gave him little or no hope of life beyond a few months, saying that he had cancer of the stomach. Mr. Anderson at once proceeded to close up his business affairs, and then looked for the end with patience and hope. During the weeks that was confined to his room he was visited by many of his old friends and acquaintance, and few left his bedside with dry eyes.

During these weeks we have heard many speak of Mr. Anderson in loving and tender terms, and many have told of his deeds of kindness to them, and expressed their regret that he should so soon be called from his life of activity. Mr. Anderson had selected his own funeral text: from Rev. 2:10, "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life." He also selected from his old friends the following for pall bearers Halvor Hanson, Knute Strand, Martin Hanson, Peter Dock, I. K. Everson and Knute Bakke.

Those who attended the funeral from away were: H. O. Anderson of Crookston, L. W. Sherman of Minneapolis and the following from Austin; Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Sherman, Miss Alice Hayes, J. Solner, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Robertson.

Andrew H. Anderson was born Nov. 15, 1845 in Drammen, Norway, and died Oct. 29th, 1910 at the age of 66 years, 11 months and 14 days. He came to America with his parents, Halvor Anderson and Anna Marie Haagensdatta Anderson, one brother Henry and one sister Anna Regina, the latter alone of this family survives him. He left Norway May 28, 1853 and arrived at Quebec, Canada, after nine weeks hard voyage, at which time his mother died. From Quebec they went to Town of Norway, Racine County, Wisconsin, where they stayed until spring of 1854. At this time his father was married to Maren Pedersdatter. From there by ox team and wagon they moved to Otranto, Mitchell County, Iowa, arriving at that place about July 1, 1854, where his father took a homestead and built a home, where he lived until his death in 1898, at 82 years of age. Andrew H. Anderson stayed at home with his parents until the winter of 1868, when he went to Washington Co. Neb., where he took up a homestead, on which he lived seven years.

He was married to Barbra Olive Blakestad, Dec. 28, 1871, by Rev. C. L. Clausen of St. Ansgar, Ia. From this marriage there were seven children, six of whom survive him, viz: H. O. Anderson of Crookston, Minn; Mrs. W. R. Hunter, Mrs. B. J. Roberston, Ida E. Anderson and R. A. Anderson of Lyle; and G. R. Anderson of Los Angeles, Cal.

His wife died April 4th, 1888. He was afterward married to Mrs. Christine M. Craig in 1893, who died in October 1900. He was later married to Mrs. Annie Myhre in February 1903, who still survives him. In 1875 he went into the lumber business at Wahoo, Nebr., sold out five years later and moved with his family to Lyle, Minn.; near his boyhood home, where he engaged in the hardware business for 12 years, after which he sold out and started the Exchange Bank of Lyle, which was organized into the First National Bank in 1900, of which he retained the presidency until his death.