MANFRED HISTORY AND PRESERVATION P.O. Box 321 Harvey, North Dakota 58341 Greetings from Manfred! This biography was prepared by Manfred History and Preservation. Please visit for more information. Peter and Rose Anderson Husband's Full Name: Peter Ole Anderson Husband's Place of Birth: Manfred, ND Husband's Father's Name: Perry A. Anderson Husband's Mother's Name: Lilly B. Rodne Anderson Husband's Siblings' Names: Margaret, Donald, Verna, Ruth, LoAnn, Orren Wife's Full Name: Rose Marie Alley Anderson Wife's Place of Birth: Glenfield, ND Wife's Father's Name: William Alley Wife's Mother's Name: Hassbey alley Wife's Siblings' Names: Lila, Roy, Ernest Children's Names: Perry, Lila, Laura, John, Peter Figure 1 Back Row: Perry, Peter, John; Front Row, Lila, Pete, Rose and Laura in2003 Peter O. and Rose Anderson Peter Ole Anderson was born in 1926 to Perry A. Anderson and Lilly B. Rodne Anderson. Peter was reared and is the third generation to live on the family farm, located in Wells County, one and a half miles west of Manfred. It was homesteaded in 1892 by his grandfather, Peter Beck Anderson. Peter graduated from Manfred Grade School and Fessenden High School in 1944. He joined the U. S. Air Force as an airplane and engine mechanic and was honorably discharged in 1946. He returned to the farm and has lived there ever since. He also was a substitute and rural mail carrier from 1969 until March 2, 1992 when he retired from the postal service. Peter has been involved in many areas of the Manfred and surrounding communities. He served on the Manfred school board from 1967 to 1973 and the Fessenden school board from 1975 to 1984. He was a member of the Toastmasters, Wells County Farm Bureau, Manfred Township Treasurer and Assessor, Sons of Norway, Vang Lutheran Church and the Rural Letter Carriers Association. Rose Marie Alley was born at Glenfield to William and Hasbey Alley. Peter and Rose were married on June 15, 1958 at the Glenfield Lutheran Church. Rose began working at the St. Aloisius Medical Center in 1979 in the nursing home facility and is still employed there. She is involved in the Sons of Norway, Vang Lutheran Church and ELCW, the Manfred Homemakers, the Rural Letter Carriers Auxiliary and is a member of the Prairie Concert Board. Peter and Rose have five children: Perry, Lila, Laura, John and Peter Beck. Source: Fessenden Centennial Book 1893-1993 Copyright 1999-2004 Manfred History and Preservation, Inc.