Myrtle Anderson
Myrtle Elizabeth Ander-
son, 98, Minot, died
Wednesday, Dec. 30,
2015, in a Minot Nursing
Home.
Myrtle was born March
21, 1917, on the family
farm near Powers Lake,
the fifth of 10 children to
Martin and Emelia (Myre)
Bjergaard. She grew up on
the family farm near
Powers Lake and attended
schools in that area doing
farm chores along with
shocking grain, herding
cattle and helping neigh-
bors with spring work or
house cleaning.
In 1936, she took a job
at St. Joseph’s Hospital in
Minot, where she made
many lifetime friends
with other women. Later,
she visited a sister, Esther
Beaton, and her family in
Grand Forks and found
employment at Kinney
Shoes for several years.
During wartime, her
parents often asked the
girls to come home and
help with harvest, hauling
bundles for her family,
along with many of their
neighbors. Shortly
thereafter, she and her sis-
ters, Anna and Berneice,
opened a restaurant in
Columbus where they had
a brisk business for one
year.
Myrtle then moved to
Minot, where she worked
at the Victory Cafe. She
met Edward Anderson,
who was home on leave
from his military service.
They were united in mar-
riage on May 19, 1946, in
Minot. They made their
home in Granville, where
their three sons, David,
Mark and Matthew were
born. They moved to
Towner for a short time
and later to Berthold,
while Myrtle found work
in Minot at the Lutheran
Home as an activity assis-
tant. In addition, Myrtle
and the three sons were
custodians of Zion Luth-
eran and Sunday School
building in Berthold. She
and Ed were active with
youth activities and
served the church in their
Sunday school and vaca-
tion Bible school pro-
grams in both Granville
and Berthold.
The family moved to
Minot in 1969, where Ed
continued his job with
Westlie Motor Company
and Myrtle worked at the
Spinning Wheel in down-
town Minot. Myrtle was a
cancer survivor of 1998.
Ed died on Jan. 21, 2005.
Myrtle sold her home in
2013 and moved into
Edgewood Vista.
Myrtle was a longtime
member of Bethany Luth-
eran Church, Minot, and
was active with the
church’s Esther-Ruth Cir-
cle group and quilting
groups. She enjoyed crafts
of all kinds, along with
gardening, reading and
traveling. She loved writ-
ing and receiving letters
and photos from family
and friends.
Her loving family in-
cludes: children, David
(Penny) Anderson, Wase-
ca, Minn., Mark (Linda)
Anderson, Battle Lake,
Minn., and Matthew
Anderson, Burlington;
grandchildren, Luke (Cry-
stal), Jacob, Tyrel (Mary)
and Crystal Anderson;
great-grandson, Aaron
Anderson; sisters-in-law,
Betty Marek, Sioux Falls,
S.D., Mary Bjergaard,
Flaxton; brother-in-law,
Herb Goebel, Burlington;
and a number of special
nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Myrtle was preceded in
death by: her parents;
husband of 58 years; five
brothers, Clarence, John,
Melfred, Milton and
Magnus; sisters, Esther
Beaton, Anna Anderson,
Berneice Benson and Beu-
lah (Houston) Goebel.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Mon-
day, Jan. 4, 2016, in
Bethany Lutheran
Church, Minot
Interment: Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Minot.
Visitation: noon to 4
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, in
Thomas Family Funeral
Home, Minot.
Memorials: are pre-
ferred to Bethany Church
Choir or Quilting Fund,
ELCA World Hunger Fund
or the Kogudus Prison
Ministries.
Those wishing to sign
the online memorial regis-
ter or share memories are
invited to use the expres-
sions of sympathy section