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Show Mrs. Peter Anderson To Be Honored At Open House On 80th Birthday; Native Of Sweden, A Pioneer Of Basin The family of Mrs. Peter Anderson Ander-son will hold an open house at her home in Roosevelt, Sunday, June 26, in honor of her 80th birthday, between the hours of 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. Friends and relatives are cordially invited to attend. They request no gifts. Alma M. Lofstrom Anderson was born in Malmo, Sweden, June 26, 1875, where she trained as a tailor, spending two years in a tailoring establishment in Sweden before leaving for America. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was baptized bap-tized March 7, 1897, coming to Salt Lake City, December 2, 1898, Here she was employed by a Danish tailor, with whom she worked for two years. She married Peter Anderson January 16, 1901 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. When the reservation was thrown open to homesteaders in 1906. Mr. Anderson DarticiDated in the opening lottery. Luckily, his number was called. He, his wife, Alma, and their three children chil-dren moved to the Basin to homestead home-stead their claim during the summer sum-mer of 1906. Mr. Anderson was a trained cabinet-maker, making beautiful caskets, cas-kets, and Mrs. Anderson completed complet-ed them by lining them and making mak-ing tailored burial clothes. The couple contributed much to the Basin, without remuneration for their many acts of kindness. Mrs. Anderson has always had a soft spot in her heart for the young people and-at Hallowe'en and Christmas time always had tubs of popcorn balls, homemade candy, punch and cookies for treats for the youngsters. She aided aid-ed the sick and many times took them into her home for care. Service to her church was paramount par-amount with Mrs, Anderson. She was an officer in the Relief So ciety for two and a half years, a counselor to the president, and then served as president for six and a half years. For three and a half years, she worked on the stake board. She has been instrumental instru-mental in carrying on the work of the church welfare. Besides her tailoring talent, Mrs. Anderson is an artist at handiwork. She has marked over a thousand quilts for friends and relatives, accepting no fee for her many hours of work, and has made numerous pieces of crochet and fancy work. The Andersons had six children, four of whom are still living. A son, Carl, died at the age of four years, and Mr. Anderson died just a few years ago. His death preceded pre-ceded the death of their only daughter, Anna, by only eight days. Mrs. Anderson has fourteen grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. Her four sons include the following: fol-lowing: Albin E, Anderson, Vernal; Ver-nal; Axel H. Anderson, Roosevelt; Oscar J. Anderson, Encino, Calif., and Frank J, Anderson, Ventura Calif. Mrs. Anderson will receive congratulations con-gratulations from many friends Sunday at the open house celebration, cele-bration, who have many memories memor-ies of her many kindnesses and unselfish service in the community. 1 , ' , I t " t i r I j i . 4. i ' - . . . MRS. ALMA ANDERSON Reaches 80th Milestone |
