Arnold Oscar Anderson
1894 - 1965 (70 years)
Person ID: I6250 | Tree: Rudeen-Rademacher | Last Modified: 30 Jan 2025
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Name Arnold Oscar Anderson [1, 2] Birth 18 Sep 1894 Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska, USA 
Gender Male Died 25 Aug 1965 Santa Clara, California, USA [3] 
Arnold Oscar Anderson Obituary 1965
Arnold Oscar Anderson, 70, of 104 Olive Ave., Los Gatos, a retired newspaper reporter, died early yesterday morning at a Los Gatos hospital. He had been ill a year.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. The Rev. Blain Bishop will officiate at the Calvary Baptist Church. Burial will be in Los Gatos Memorial Park. Chapel of the Hills is in charge of arrangements.
Anderson was born on Sept. 18, 1894, in Wahoo, Nebraska., and was graduated from the the University of Oregon's School of Journalism in Eugene. He wrote for a time for Automotive News, a weekly magazine published in New York City in the 1920s, then swung over to general assignment reporting for the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer.
In 1927 he started a career in news reporting on the Yakima (Wash.) Republic that lasted 33 years. He specialized in agricultural reporting, analyzing the fruit and produce activity in the Yakima Valley.
In 1960 Anderson retired and came here to live with his sister, Miss Alice E. Anderson. He never married.
In addition to his sister, he is survived by two brothers, Carl Arthur Anderson of South San Francisco, and Clarence W. Anderson of Boston, Mass., and a niece, Mrs. Roger Wood of South San Francisco.Buried Los Gatos Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA 
Arnold and Alic Anderson headstone -
Parents
Father Carl Anderson (ID:I6248), b. 28 Jun 1863 d. 29 Oct 1929, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA (Age 66 years) Mother Emma Christina Petersdotter (ID:I1497), b. 24 Mar 1862, Eket, Marbäck (F), Jönköping, Sweden d. 18 Aug 1920, Placer, California, USA (Age 58 years) Marriage 4 Aug 1888 Saunders, Nebraska, USA [5] 
Marriage License, Carl Anderson and Emma Rudeen 1888
C.O. Anderson and Emma Rudeen; N. N. Morten, ClergymanChildren + 1. Carl Arthur Anderson (ID:I6249), b. 30 May 1889, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA d. 9 Jan 1974, Burlingame, San Mateo, California, USA (Age 84 years)2. Clarence William Anderson (ID:I5991), b. 1891 d. 26 Mar 1971, Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA (Age 80 years)3. Arnold Oscar Anderson (ID:I6250)
(current person)
, b. 18 Sep 1894, Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska, USA d. 25 Aug 1965, Santa Clara, California, USA (Age 70 years)4. 
Alice Anderson (ID:I6251), b. 30 Jul 1899, Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska, USA d. 16 Jan 1970, Santa Clara, California, USA (Age 70 years) -
Other Personal Events
1900 Federal Census 13 Jun 1900 Stocking, Saunders, Nebraska, USA [1] 
1900 Census Carl and Emma Anderson family
Living in town were Carl and Emma and their four children: Carl, Clarence, Oscar and Alice.
Anderson, Carl, Head (M, age 36, Married)
Anderson, Emma C., Wife (F, age 37, Married)
Anderson, Carl H., son (M, age 11, Single)
Anderson, Clarence W., son (M, age 9, Single)
Anderson, Oscar A., son (M, age 5, Single)
Anderson, Alice, daughter (F, age 10/12, Single)1910 Federal Census 29 Apr 1910 Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA [2] 
1910 census for Carl and Emma Anderson family
Living at home were Carl and Emma and their four children: Carl, Clarence, Oscar and Alice.
Anderson, Carl O., Head (M, age 47, Married)
Anderson, Emma C., Wife (F, age 48, Married)
Anderson, Carl A., son (M, age 20, Single)
Anderson, Clarence W., son (M, age 19, Single)
Anderson, Oscar A., son (M, age 16, Single)
Anderson, Alice G., daughter (F, age 11, Single)1920 Federal Census 10 Jan 1920 Stocking, Saunders, Nebraska, USA [4] 
1920 census Carl and Emma Anderson and family
Carl and Emma still have Alice and Arnold with them at home in Wahoo.
Anderson, C.O., Head (M, age 56, Married)
Anderson, Emma C., Wife (F, age 57, Married)
Anderson, Alice, daughter (F, age 20, Single)
Anderson, Arnold O., son (M, age 25, Single) -
Source Citations
- [S22] 1900 U.S. Census, Wahoo, Stocking Precinct, Saunders, Nebraska, Enum. Dist. 139, Page 20B, Line 84, dwelling 448, family 459, Oscar A. Anderson;.
- [S24] 1910 U.S. Census, Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska, Enum. Dist. 155, Page 23A, Line 16, dwelling 518, family 522, Oscar A. Anderson;.
- [S183] Obituary, Los Gatos Times-Saratoga Observer Los Gatos, California · Thursday, August 26, 1965.
- [S26] 1920 U.S. Census, Wahoo, Stocking Precinct, Saunders, Nebraska, Enum. Dist. 165, Page 4B, Line 47, dwelling 94, family 95, Arnold O. Anderson;.
- [S156] Saunders County Marriage Licenses, "Saunders, Nebraska, United States records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-Q3PK-V93J?view=explore : Jan 29, 2025), image 66 of 73; Nebraska. County Clerk (Saunders County).