Obit: Andersen, Carl B. (1875 - 1965)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Andersen, Miller, Christensen

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 03/11/1965

Andersen, Carl B. (2 JUN 1875 - 26 FEB 1965)

Funeral services were held for a pioneer Withee (Clark Co., Wis.) resident, on March 1 at the Nazareth Lutheran Church, Withee. Officiating at the final rites was Rev. Beryl Knudsen, with interment being made in the parish cemetery.

Cliff Montag, Tony Jensen, Harold Brucksclager, Peter Steager, Walter Heideman and Frank Rohland served as pallbearers.

The deceased passed away on Feb. 26, 1965 at Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley, where he was being treated for complications of old age. He was 89 years, 8 months and 24 days of age.

Born June 2, 1875 at Racine Wis., he came to the Withee community as a young man and on Nov. 29, 1905 was united in marriage to Margaret Miller in a ceremony performed at Withee. The couple made their home on a farm in the town of Hixon, where he farmed until their retirement in 1950.

He is survived by his wife, a brother, Soren Andersen of Lake Mills, a daughter, Mrs. Andy (Eleanor) Christensen, rural Withee, and a son, Soren Edward Andersen, Withee, and three grandchildren.