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Milton Anderson

Memorial services for Milton Anderson will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. Visitation with the family will follow the service. Milton C. "Mick" Anderson, 92, Sioux Falls, S.D., formerly of Hills, died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, in Sioux Falls. Milton Anderson was born to Carl and Lillie (Nelson) Anderson on Jan. 10, 1914, in Rowena, S.D. He was raised in Sioux Falls. As a young man he worked on area farms and was involved in the CCC program in the 1930s. He married Ellen Harvey in 1933. The family lived in Valley Springs, S.D. He was activated in the U.S. Army in 1941. He served overseas during World War II. He received his honorable discharge in 1945. He then attended South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D.He married Evelyn Solem on June 22, 1947. He taught farm education to U.S. military veterans in North Dakota and South Dakota. In 1957 the family moved to Germany where he earned his Master’s Degree. He taught math and science in Germany, Ethiopia, Holland, Turkey and the Azores for 22 years. They returned to the U.S. in 1979 and lived in Hills. After three years they joined the Peace Corps and moved to Sierra Leone. In addition to teaching agriculture to the communities he taught at a teachers’ college. At the same time, Mrs. Anderson started a home economics department. Together, the couple supported more than 20 schoolgirls with educational funding. After returning to the U.S. he studied nursing, taking an LPN course. After his eyesight began to diminish, the couple moved to Clear Lake, S.D., and then to Sioux Falls in 1997. Mr. Anderson was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills and the American Legion. He began running and bicycling at the age of 55. He also enjoyed scuba diving, deep-sea fishing and snow skiing. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Anderson, Sioux Falls; two sons, Gale (Avis) Anderson, Pierre, S.D., and Dwayne (Mary) Anderson, Sioux Falls; one daughter, Juanita Anderson, Seattle, Wash.; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Delbert Anderson, Medford, Ore.; and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Anderson was preceded in death by three brothers, Orville, Chester and Glenn.Memorials may be directed to Good Samaritan Village or the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills.Miller Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, is in charge of arrangements. For obituary and on-line registry, visit www.millerfh.com

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