Funeral services for David G. Anderson, 77, were held at 2pm today (Monday) at the Stone funeral Home. Pastor Keith Friese of the Cross of Christ Lutheran Church officiated, and Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Anderson died Sat at Beverly Manor Convalescent Center in Petoskey.
He was born Apr 14, 1899 in Boras, Sweden. He attended school in Sweden and moved to this country at the age of 21 and lived in Detroit.
In 1922 he was married to the former Alvira Conant in Detroit. The couple made their home there until 1942 when they moved to Petoskey. Mrs. Anderson preceded him in death in 1952.
In 1953 he married Effie Kennedy in OH. They made their home in Detroit until 1967 when they moved back to Petoskey and have lived here ever since.
Mr. Anderson had worked for 34 years for the Motor Metals Manufacturing Co. in Detroit, as a sheet metal inspector. He retired in 1957.
He was a former member of the BPOE 629 in Petoskey and a former member of the Emmet County Farm Bureau.
Survivors include his widow; two sons, George of Richmond, VA, and Robert of Petoskey; one daughter, Mrs. Vern (Doris) Rasmussen of Petoskey; a step daughter, Mr. Roy (Virginia) Janks of AZ; 16 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; one brother, Carl Anderson of Boras, Sweden.
