Arthur Morris Anfinsen

Født 1 Apr 1931 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Død 30 Dec 1970 Alexandria

Beskætigelse Lutheran Clergyman

Fødsel 1 Apr 1931 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Død 30 Dec 1970 Alexandria

Begravelse 2 Jan 1971 Alexandria Sunset Memorial Cemetary

Funeral Service: First Lutheran Church, Alexandria, Minnesota.
Sermon: Reverend Philip G. Westby.

'Arthur M. Anfinsen Jr. was born April 1, 1931 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the
son of Violet and Arthur M. Anfinsen. He attended public school in
Minneapolis where he lived all his childhood. He enlisted in the United
States Marines in 1951 and served until 1953. He attended Lutheran Bible
Institute and later graduated from Augsburg College in 1957. He enrolled in
Luther Seminary in St. Paul and graduated in 1961.
On August 26, 1956 he was united in marriage to Ruth Pedersen. They have
three children: Peter, age 12; Mary age seven, and Jana, age two and one-half.
Pastor Anfinsen served his internship at First Lutheran in 1959-1960 before
taking his first parish in Valhalla Centre, Alberta, Canada in 1961. In
September 1966 they moved to Alexandria where he has served as pastor with
special responsibility in the field of youth and education.
He died December 30th in the Douglas County Hospital.
He is survived by his wife and three children; his father and step-mother, one
brother, John, of Minneapolis; two sisters: Mary (Mrs. Jack Rongey) of Two
Rivers, Wisconsin, and Gloria (Mrs. Donald Fox of Tanzania, East Africa. He
was preceded in death by his mother and infant son John.
Burial is in Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Alexandria.'
(from the funeral bulletin)