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Rev.
Dennis Anderson, 79
Wolverton
- Rev. Dennis G. Anderson, 79, died Wednesday,
September 5, 2001 at his home in
Wolverton.
A
memorial services was held Sunday, September 9, at
3 p.m. at Wolverton Evangelical Free Church in
Wolverton. Burial was in Eagle Cemetery in
Christine, N.D. with Korsmo Funeral Service of
Moorhead in charge of the arrangements.
Dennis
G. Anderson was born on March 1, 1922, at Viking,
the daughter of Axel and Ruth (Lindquist) Anderson.
He grew up and attended school at Newfolden,
graduating from high school there in 1940. As a
young man, he moved to California where he worked
in an aircraft factory.
In
1943, Dennis entered the U.S. Army Corps and served
in the Pacific until his discharge after the end of
World War II. He attended the University of
Minnesota for two years and then entered Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School in
Minneapolis.
On
June 16, 1951, Dennis was united in marriage to
Dorothy Schevling at New Haven, Conn. The couple
made their home in Chicago, Ill. where Dennis
continued his education at Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School after the school moved from
Minneapolis to Chicago. In 1952, Dennis received
his Master of Divinity degree and became a
pastor.
The
family resided in California for a year, and then,
from 1954 until 1963, served as missionaries in the
Philippines. After returning to the united states,
they served in North Haven, Conn., Thief River
Falls, and Valley City, N.D. with a sabbatical at
Wolverton. In 1977, they returned to California to
work at a church and minister to people from the
Philippines. In 1992, they retired and returned to
Wolverton where they had since resided.
Rev.
Anderson is survived by his wife, Dorothy of
Wolverton; a son, Philip (Mary Alice) Anderson of
Highlands Ranch, Colo.; five daughters, Laura
(Adam) Chu of Colorado Springs, Colo., Tina (Mark)
Sundstrom of Wolverton, Sara (Hunter) Clark of
Alpharetta, Ga., Martha Anderson of Fargo, N.D. and
Lisa Anderson of Colorado Springs, Colo.; three
sisters, Joyce (Gordon) Stokka of Fargo, N.D.,
Charlotte (R.W.) Hauser of Turlock, Calif. and
Arloine Swanson of Detroit Lakes; and nine
grandchildren.
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