This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson, Engstrom, Linnerooth, Olson, Lewis, Fagnan, Bredeson, James, Rudeen Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2297 Message Board Post: Friday, June 06, 2003 Walter R. Anderson, 87 Walter Richard “Wally” Anderson, 87, a longtime Hudson businessman and car dealer, died Saturday, May 24, at the Christian Community Home in Hudson. He was born on Nov. 6, 1915, in St. Paul, the son of Adolph and Gertrude (Engstrom) Anderson, and was a graduate of Johnson High School in the class of 1934. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army overseas for four years in North Africa and Europe, from 1942 until his honorable discharge in 1946. On Oct. 29, 1942, in St. Paul, he was married to Sybil Linnerooth. He began his career in the automotive industry as a sales manger for Finch Chevrolet in St. Paul. In 1954 he and his family moved to Hudson when he purchased the Arneson Chevrolet and Garage at 101 Walnut St. The business name was changed to Anderson Chevrolet and operated under that name until his retirement in 1980. He was an avid skier and golfer and was a charter member of the Hudson Country Club (now Hudson Golf Club) serving as its president in 1958-59. He was one of the first members of the Hudson Rotary Club and was president in the late 1950s. Another of his enjoyments was playing bridge. Surviving are his wife, Sybil of Hudson; two sons, Richard “Rick” (Vickie) Anderson of Park City, Utah, and Kim Anderson of Denver, Colo.; two daughters, Christine “Chris” Fagnan (Charles) Olson of Minneapolis and Lisa (Gib) Lewis of Manhattan Beach, Calif.; and six grandchildren, Rob and Kari Fagnan, Tara and Brett Anderson, Krista and Anders Lewis. The memorial service was at 2 p.m. Friday, May 30, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Hudson with Pastor Van V. Bredeson officiating. At the service Layton James was organist and accompanied vocalist John Rudeen. Visitation was one hour prior to the service at church. Burial was in Willow River Cemetery in Hudson, where full military honors were provided by the Hudson Veterans of Foreign Wars. Memorials are preferred. Funeral arrangements were with the O’Connell Family Funeral Home of Hudson. © 2003 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/Main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&ArticleID=7805