This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson, Schneewind, Swenson, Serene, Gehn, Albrightson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2368 Message Board Post: Friday, June 27, 2003 Allen A. Anderson, 83 Allen Arthur Anderson, 83, of Spring Valley, and a former Hudson teacher, died Monday, June 23, at his home in the town of Gilman, Pierce County. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 26, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Spring Valley with the Rev. Christine Schneewind officiating. A visitation was from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, at St. John’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in Spring Valley and one hour prior to the service at the church. He was born March 22, 1920, in the town of Eau Galle, Pierce County, and graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1937. He attended and graduated from River Falls State Teachers College and later earned advanced degrees at the University of Minnesota. On July 27, 1948, in Gilman Church, he was married to Sylva Lorraine Swenson. He was first a teacher and principal in Washburn and then came to Hudson in 1957 as a principal at E.P. Rock School. He returned to Spring Valley for eight years and later returned to teach at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in the College of Education. In 1962-62 he served as president of the Wisconsin Education Association. While living in Spring Valley he was a member of the village council and was mayor. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, St. Croix Valley Shrine Club and Lions Club. As member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Spring Valley, he served on the church council and was its president for four terms. Surviving are his wife, Sylva; two sons, Jon (Linda) Anderson of Spring Valley and Steven (Bobbie) Anderson of River Falls; three granddaughters, Kimberly (John) Serene, Kristen Anderson and Katherine Anderson; and a brother, Clark Anderson of rural Woodville. In Hudson, a niece is Nola (Dale W.) Gehn. Preceding him in death were his parents and a sister, Marion Albrightson. © 2003 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=7965&SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&S=1