George Alfred Anderson

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Name: George Alfred Anderson
Location of Birth: Bovey, Minnesota
Date of Birth: December 11, 1910
Date of Death: November 6, 1994
Parents: Alfred Anderson & Alma (Parviainen) Anderson
High School and Class: Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
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Branch: Army
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WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: Minnesota
Name: George Alfred Anderson
Race: White
Age: 29
Birth Date: December 11, 1910
Birth Place: Bovey, Minnesota, USA
Residence Place: Bovey, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: October 16, 1940
Employer: Balkan Mining Company, Danube Mine, Bovey, Itasca, Minnesota
Weight: 150
Height: 5-11
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Other characteristic: Broken second finger on right hand
Next of Kin: Alma Ferm, mother, R.F.D. #1, Bovey, Itasca, Minnesota

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George Anderson married Esther Makela in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 1944. He had been a barber in the Bovey, Minnesota area and also worked for the Danube Mining Co. He had been a resident of the Minneapolis area since 1941 and a flight engineer for Northwest Airlines for 33 years, retiring in 1972. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 19 AF&AM in Minneapolis and had been very active in the Senior Citizens.

George died in Edina, Minnesota and is buried in Trout Lake Community Cemetery, Bovey, Minnesota (Block 7, Lot 31). He is survived by his wife, Esther Anderson; two brothers, Archie Anderson and Uno Anderson; and a sister, Laila Tuomi..

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