George Frederick Anderson

  Research Notes:

George Frederick Anderson, b 23 Nov 1916, Loman; 14 Nov 1970, Loman Koochiching Co
married: 3 Dec 1949, Loman
Ruth Alice Earl, b 13 August 1917, Rosholt Roberts Co, South Dakota; arrived her in 1935 from Drayton, ND
died 22 Mar 2009, Loman, Koochiching
Children: Dennis George Anderson, b 24 Feb 1952

Bethany Lutheran Church .... image 47
MOMS .... 3 Dec 1949 to Ruth A Wirkkula [M 394]*
Ruth's 1st marriage, on 19 Apr 1936, Koochiching Co [H 274] to John A Wirkkula, b 6 Mar 1901 and died
17 Mar 1947 at Koochiching Co; buried at Riverside Cemetery
[according to Cullen Schwartz FT on Ancestry, Susan Cullen Schwartz, he was a brother to
Jacob Werner Wirkkula, b 1904 and his father was born in Finlan; and he was married in 1930 to Eva Victoria Johnson, b 1904
and the daughter of Erick Gustaf Johnson, a brother to Caroline Johnson, b 1877

Ruth: 1940 US Census, Watrous Twp, Koochiching Co; ED 36-38 [sheet 6A or 61A]; line 1
John Wirkkula, age 39 b in WI; same place in 1935; Truck Driver, Highway Dept
wife Ruth, age 22 b in SD; 1935 in rural Lake of the Woods Co
son John E age 2
Wayne A age 1 [1939]
John Earl Wikkula - OBIT is posted on findagrave - he died 27 May 2020 and it is noted
that a cousin (William Anderson) survives him; along with brother Wayne and Dennis Anderson



findagrave id, 13125559:
- combined grave marker for George and wife Ruth
- but also a second marker "T SGT, US Army, WW 2"

Ruth's OBIT: International Falls Journal, 1 Apr 2009
- Ruth A Anderson died 23 Mar 2009 at a care home in Spring Park, MN, Hennepin Co
- born in Rosholt SD, moved to Williams, Lake of the Woods Co, MN and then to Loman
- survived by 3 sons, John Wirkkula (Phyllis) of Minnetonka, MN, Wayne Wirkkula of Cedar Falls,
IA and Dennis Anderson (Betty) of Southlake, Tarrant Co, TX [suburb of Fort Worth - Dallas]


WW 2 draft ; registered 16 Oct 1940
- birth etc; contact is his mother
- works for Minnesota and Ontario Paper Co

George married Ruth Alice Earl on 3 Dec 1949 in Loman, Koochiching Co, Minnesota, United States. (Ruth Alice Earl was born on 14 Aug 1917 in Rosholt, Roberts Co, South Dakota, United States, died on 23 Mar 2009 in Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Loman, Koochiching Co, Minnesota, United States.)