BO L. ANDERSEN DIES
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Passes Away Sunday On Washington Island
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FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY
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Was Chairman of County Board From Island Township, One of County's Republican Leaders Was Prominent In Community
WASHINGTON ISLAND—Bo. L. Andersen, chairman of the county board, one who has been largely responsible for the development and progress of this island township, died here suddenly last Sunday morning at the home of Dr. Leason from an attack of diabetes.
To the very last Mr. Anderson was an untiring worker for the good of the county and his community. Instrumental in securing the concrete road for the county and city of Sturgeon Bay, instrumental in securing macadam roads for his island home, instrumental in securing rural free delivery here, and a leader in the establishment of the island high school, as well as many other progressive movements, he will live long in the memory of his fellow citizens.
He had just returned from Madison last week after an attempt to put through a bill in the state legislature for the erection of a state grade and high school here, when Friday he was taken ill and went to the home of Dr. Leason so that he might receive the proper medical attention he would be unable to obtain in an emergency living at home alone. A few hours after arriving at the doctor's home he fell into a state of coma in which he remained until he died Sunday morning.
As a, member of the county board for ten consecutive years and chairman of that body since the special meeting of the board on May 25, 1922, Mr. Anderson has made an enviable record. Whenever questions arose his judgment was unprejudiced. Eager for the facts and an ardent worker for fair treatment to all, he will be mourned as one of Door county's greatest boosters.
Bo Andersen was born in Sweden but was brought to this country to reside in Chicago when only a baby. His father was a sailor on the lakes and continued that occupation until he moved with his family, in 1872, back to his former home so that his children might be educated in the Swedish common and high schools. In 1879, however, the Andersens came again to America and took up residence at Milwaukee where Bo, then a young man, continued his education.
Mr. Andersen came to Door county in 1883, when he ventured to this island to make his future home, sailing at times for his father, but giving up the marine life in 1892 to become the first postmaster of Detroit Harbor.
For the next fifteen years he held that position and, in the meantime, started a general store which has become the largest on the island. The first resort hotel here, called, the Idabo inn after the first names of himself and his wife, was also established by Mr. Anderson in 1894 during his postmastership and a year after his marriage to Miss Ida Frances Washburn, of Sturgeon Bay, Mrs. Andersen died in October 1914.
Many persons from all over the county attended Mr. Andersen's funeral held Wednesday afternoon from the Idaho inn. Among them were members of the county board: Henry Hahn, A.A. Minor, and Elmer Wulf, Sturgeon Bay; August Simpson, town of Sturgeon Bay; B.D. Thorp, Ephraim; Lester Eatough, Baileys Harbor; James Wilson, Egg Harbor; George DeKeyser, town of Union; county officials Emil Miller, treasurer; Ralph Herlache, clerk; John Laurie, highway commissioner; E.G. Bailey, agricultural agent.
Other persons present were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalmbach and Miss Ethel Kalmbach, John Boler, H.J. Sanderson, Rev. C. W. Warren, all of Sturgeon Bay; Joseph Hoslett, former chairman of the county board, Sawyer; George Ahlswede, former chairman of the town of Brussels; Jay Rogers, former chairman of the town of Liberty Grove; E.J. Young, principal of the Door-Kewaunee Normal school; Clarence Nelson, Sawyer; and Edward Evanson, Ellison Bay.
The rites were begun at 1 o'clock, conducted by John Malloch, who paid a high tribute to the deceased, his lifelong friend. Rev. C.W. Warren read a chapter and spoke on behalf of the large delegation, while several songs, one of which was composed by Mr. Andersen himself, were sung by students of the local high school, carrying apple blossoms. The floral offerings were largest ever seen here.
Surviving Mr. Andersen here is one sister, Mrs. Nor Shellswick.
(08 Jun 1923) Door County Advocate
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Passes Away Sunday On Washington Island
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FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY
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Was Chairman of County Board From Island Township, One of County's Republican Leaders Was Prominent In Community
WASHINGTON ISLAND—Bo. L. Andersen, chairman of the county board, one who has been largely responsible for the development and progress of this island township, died here suddenly last Sunday morning at the home of Dr. Leason from an attack of diabetes.
To the very last Mr. Anderson was an untiring worker for the good of the county and his community. Instrumental in securing the concrete road for the county and city of Sturgeon Bay, instrumental in securing macadam roads for his island home, instrumental in securing rural free delivery here, and a leader in the establishment of the island high school, as well as many other progressive movements, he will live long in the memory of his fellow citizens.
He had just returned from Madison last week after an attempt to put through a bill in the state legislature for the erection of a state grade and high school here, when Friday he was taken ill and went to the home of Dr. Leason so that he might receive the proper medical attention he would be unable to obtain in an emergency living at home alone. A few hours after arriving at the doctor's home he fell into a state of coma in which he remained until he died Sunday morning.
As a, member of the county board for ten consecutive years and chairman of that body since the special meeting of the board on May 25, 1922, Mr. Anderson has made an enviable record. Whenever questions arose his judgment was unprejudiced. Eager for the facts and an ardent worker for fair treatment to all, he will be mourned as one of Door county's greatest boosters.
Bo Andersen was born in Sweden but was brought to this country to reside in Chicago when only a baby. His father was a sailor on the lakes and continued that occupation until he moved with his family, in 1872, back to his former home so that his children might be educated in the Swedish common and high schools. In 1879, however, the Andersens came again to America and took up residence at Milwaukee where Bo, then a young man, continued his education.
Mr. Andersen came to Door county in 1883, when he ventured to this island to make his future home, sailing at times for his father, but giving up the marine life in 1892 to become the first postmaster of Detroit Harbor.
For the next fifteen years he held that position and, in the meantime, started a general store which has become the largest on the island. The first resort hotel here, called, the Idabo inn after the first names of himself and his wife, was also established by Mr. Anderson in 1894 during his postmastership and a year after his marriage to Miss Ida Frances Washburn, of Sturgeon Bay, Mrs. Andersen died in October 1914.
Many persons from all over the county attended Mr. Andersen's funeral held Wednesday afternoon from the Idaho inn. Among them were members of the county board: Henry Hahn, A.A. Minor, and Elmer Wulf, Sturgeon Bay; August Simpson, town of Sturgeon Bay; B.D. Thorp, Ephraim; Lester Eatough, Baileys Harbor; James Wilson, Egg Harbor; George DeKeyser, town of Union; county officials Emil Miller, treasurer; Ralph Herlache, clerk; John Laurie, highway commissioner; E.G. Bailey, agricultural agent.
Other persons present were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalmbach and Miss Ethel Kalmbach, John Boler, H.J. Sanderson, Rev. C. W. Warren, all of Sturgeon Bay; Joseph Hoslett, former chairman of the county board, Sawyer; George Ahlswede, former chairman of the town of Brussels; Jay Rogers, former chairman of the town of Liberty Grove; E.J. Young, principal of the Door-Kewaunee Normal school; Clarence Nelson, Sawyer; and Edward Evanson, Ellison Bay.
The rites were begun at 1 o'clock, conducted by John Malloch, who paid a high tribute to the deceased, his lifelong friend. Rev. C.W. Warren read a chapter and spoke on behalf of the large delegation, while several songs, one of which was composed by Mr. Andersen himself, were sung by students of the local high school, carrying apple blossoms. The floral offerings were largest ever seen here.
Surviving Mr. Andersen here is one sister, Mrs. Nor Shellswick.
(08 Jun 1923) Door County Advocate
BO L. ANDERSEN DIES
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Passes Away Sunday On Washington Island
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FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY
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Was Chairman of County Board From Island Township, One of County's Republican Leaders Was Prominent In Community
WASHINGTON ISLAND—Bo. L. Andersen, chairman of the county board, one who has been largely responsible for the development and progress of this island township, died here suddenly last Sunday morning at the home of Dr. Leason from an attack of diabetes.
To the very last Mr. Anderson was an untiring worker for the good of the county and his community. Instrumental in securing the concrete road for the county and city of Sturgeon Bay, instrumental in securing macadam roads for his island home, instrumental in securing rural free delivery here, and a leader in the establishment of the island high school, as well as many other progressive movements, he will live long in the memory of his fellow citizens.
He had just returned from Madison last week after an attempt to put through a bill in the state legislature for the erection of a state grade and high school here, when Friday he was taken ill and went to the home of Dr. Leason so that he might receive the proper medical attention he would be unable to obtain in an emergency living at home alone. A few hours after arriving at the doctor's home he fell into a state of coma in which he remained until he died Sunday morning.
As a, member of the county board for ten consecutive years and chairman of that body since the special meeting of the board on May 25, 1922, Mr. Anderson has made an enviable record. Whenever questions arose his judgment was unprejudiced. Eager for the facts and an ardent worker for fair treatment to all, he will be mourned as one of Door county's greatest boosters.
Bo Andersen was born in Sweden but was brought to this country to reside in Chicago when only a baby. His father was a sailor on the lakes and continued that occupation until he moved with his family, in 1872, back to his former home so that his children might be educated in the Swedish common and high schools. In 1879, however, the Andersens came again to America and took up residence at Milwaukee where Bo, then a young man, continued his education.
Mr. Andersen came to Door county in 1883, when he ventured to this island to make his future home, sailing at times for his father, but giving up the marine life in 1892 to become the first postmaster of Detroit Harbor.
For the next fifteen years he held that position and, in the meantime, started a general store which has become the largest on the island. The first resort hotel here, called, the Idabo inn after the first names of himself and his wife, was also established by Mr. Anderson in 1894 during his postmastership and a year after his marriage to Miss Ida Frances Washburn, of Sturgeon Bay, Mrs. Andersen died in October 1914.
Many persons from all over the county attended Mr. Andersen's funeral held Wednesday afternoon from the Idaho inn. Among them were members of the county board: Henry Hahn, A.A. Minor, and Elmer Wulf, Sturgeon Bay; August Simpson, town of Sturgeon Bay; B.D. Thorp, Ephraim; Lester Eatough, Baileys Harbor; James Wilson, Egg Harbor; George DeKeyser, town of Union; county officials Emil Miller, treasurer; Ralph Herlache, clerk; John Laurie, highway commissioner; E.G. Bailey, agricultural agent.
Other persons present were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalmbach and Miss Ethel Kalmbach, John Boler, H.J. Sanderson, Rev. C. W. Warren, all of Sturgeon Bay; Joseph Hoslett, former chairman of the county board, Sawyer; George Ahlswede, former chairman of the town of Brussels; Jay Rogers, former chairman of the town of Liberty Grove; E.J. Young, principal of the Door-Kewaunee Normal school; Clarence Nelson, Sawyer; and Edward Evanson, Ellison Bay.
The rites were begun at 1 o'clock, conducted by John Malloch, who paid a high tribute to the deceased, his lifelong friend. Rev. C.W. Warren read a chapter and spoke on behalf of the large delegation, while several songs, one of which was composed by Mr. Andersen himself, were sung by students of the local high school, carrying apple blossoms. The floral offerings were largest ever seen here.
Surviving Mr. Andersen here is one sister, Mrs. Nor Shellswick.
(08 Jun 1923) Door County Advocate
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Passes Away Sunday On Washington Island
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FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY
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Was Chairman of County Board From Island Township, One of County's Republican Leaders Was Prominent In Community
WASHINGTON ISLAND—Bo. L. Andersen, chairman of the county board, one who has been largely responsible for the development and progress of this island township, died here suddenly last Sunday morning at the home of Dr. Leason from an attack of diabetes.
To the very last Mr. Anderson was an untiring worker for the good of the county and his community. Instrumental in securing the concrete road for the county and city of Sturgeon Bay, instrumental in securing macadam roads for his island home, instrumental in securing rural free delivery here, and a leader in the establishment of the island high school, as well as many other progressive movements, he will live long in the memory of his fellow citizens.
He had just returned from Madison last week after an attempt to put through a bill in the state legislature for the erection of a state grade and high school here, when Friday he was taken ill and went to the home of Dr. Leason so that he might receive the proper medical attention he would be unable to obtain in an emergency living at home alone. A few hours after arriving at the doctor's home he fell into a state of coma in which he remained until he died Sunday morning.
As a, member of the county board for ten consecutive years and chairman of that body since the special meeting of the board on May 25, 1922, Mr. Anderson has made an enviable record. Whenever questions arose his judgment was unprejudiced. Eager for the facts and an ardent worker for fair treatment to all, he will be mourned as one of Door county's greatest boosters.
Bo Andersen was born in Sweden but was brought to this country to reside in Chicago when only a baby. His father was a sailor on the lakes and continued that occupation until he moved with his family, in 1872, back to his former home so that his children might be educated in the Swedish common and high schools. In 1879, however, the Andersens came again to America and took up residence at Milwaukee where Bo, then a young man, continued his education.
Mr. Andersen came to Door county in 1883, when he ventured to this island to make his future home, sailing at times for his father, but giving up the marine life in 1892 to become the first postmaster of Detroit Harbor.
For the next fifteen years he held that position and, in the meantime, started a general store which has become the largest on the island. The first resort hotel here, called, the Idabo inn after the first names of himself and his wife, was also established by Mr. Anderson in 1894 during his postmastership and a year after his marriage to Miss Ida Frances Washburn, of Sturgeon Bay, Mrs. Andersen died in October 1914.
Many persons from all over the county attended Mr. Andersen's funeral held Wednesday afternoon from the Idaho inn. Among them were members of the county board: Henry Hahn, A.A. Minor, and Elmer Wulf, Sturgeon Bay; August Simpson, town of Sturgeon Bay; B.D. Thorp, Ephraim; Lester Eatough, Baileys Harbor; James Wilson, Egg Harbor; George DeKeyser, town of Union; county officials Emil Miller, treasurer; Ralph Herlache, clerk; John Laurie, highway commissioner; E.G. Bailey, agricultural agent.
Other persons present were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalmbach and Miss Ethel Kalmbach, John Boler, H.J. Sanderson, Rev. C. W. Warren, all of Sturgeon Bay; Joseph Hoslett, former chairman of the county board, Sawyer; George Ahlswede, former chairman of the town of Brussels; Jay Rogers, former chairman of the town of Liberty Grove; E.J. Young, principal of the Door-Kewaunee Normal school; Clarence Nelson, Sawyer; and Edward Evanson, Ellison Bay.
The rites were begun at 1 o'clock, conducted by John Malloch, who paid a high tribute to the deceased, his lifelong friend. Rev. C.W. Warren read a chapter and spoke on behalf of the large delegation, while several songs, one of which was composed by Mr. Andersen himself, were sung by students of the local high school, carrying apple blossoms. The floral offerings were largest ever seen here.
Surviving Mr. Andersen here is one sister, Mrs. Nor Shellswick.
(08 Jun 1923) Door County Advocate
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