Dan Wayne Andersen
1927 - 2013
VETERAN
Early Life: Dan was born January 13, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Daniel Lundgreen Andersen and Mildred Lucile Hansen Andersen, the oldest child of his family. He graduated from West High School. He was inducted into the United States Army the day after high school graduation, with the assignment in the Panama Canal Zone.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Dan attended Brigham Young University, received B.S. Degree in Education from the University of Utah; M.A. in Education from USC and a PhD in Education from University of Wisconsin. He was faculty at the University of Wisconsin. He worked overseas in Nigeria and Ethiopia. He finished his professional career with the Church Education System, first at Church College of Hawaii, then as President of BYU-Hawaii, and finished as Dean of the College of Education at BYU-Provo. He had multiple international and national consulting assignments. The West High Panther News Hall of Fame details his professional accomplishments. He served extensively as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served mission calls to Denmark, Western Samoa, and New York. He also served in a stake presidency, bishopric, stake high council, branch president, teacher and temple sealer. Dan was blessed with three lovely wives. He was sealed June 15, 1952, to his first wife, Lina Hinckley Andersen, who passed away in 1987. He then married Sabra Whittle Andersen for time on February 2, 1989, who passed away in 2003. He is survived by his current wife, Gloria Driggs Andersen, married for time April 22, 2006. His passions included: BYU sports (he said his blood ran Blue); playing the piano, accompanying Lina and Sabra, and playing duets with Gloria; traveling; reading; and his family. Dan Wayne Andersen passed away August 20, 2013. He was 86.
Posterity: Sons with Lina: David C. Andersen (Jill) Turlock, CA: Stephen H. Andersen (Teresa), Scottsdale, AZ. Sons with Sabra: ElRey Lynn Peterson (deceased) (Rosalin), Vaughn Peterson (Margaret), Thayne Peterson (Christine). Daughters with Sabra: Klyss Smith (Steven), Valynn Baum (Gregery), Jenae Madsen (Tim); all of Provo-Orem. Sons with Gloria: Jerry West, Hickory, NC, Jonathan West (Heidi), Herriman, UT. Daughters with Gloria: Jennifer West Mitchell (Michael), Gorham, ME, Julie West Burton (Marcus), Pleasant Grove, UT and Janelle West Olivas (Lance), Nashville, TN; 52 grandchildren; 11 spouses and 32 great-grandchildren.
Obituary: The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 23 Aug 2013
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: 2445 N Timpview Drive | Provo, Utah
Interment: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery
Arrangements: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1927 - 2013
VETERAN
Early Life: Dan was born January 13, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Daniel Lundgreen Andersen and Mildred Lucile Hansen Andersen, the oldest child of his family. He graduated from West High School. He was inducted into the United States Army the day after high school graduation, with the assignment in the Panama Canal Zone.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Dan attended Brigham Young University, received B.S. Degree in Education from the University of Utah; M.A. in Education from USC and a PhD in Education from University of Wisconsin. He was faculty at the University of Wisconsin. He worked overseas in Nigeria and Ethiopia. He finished his professional career with the Church Education System, first at Church College of Hawaii, then as President of BYU-Hawaii, and finished as Dean of the College of Education at BYU-Provo. He had multiple international and national consulting assignments. The West High Panther News Hall of Fame details his professional accomplishments. He served extensively as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served mission calls to Denmark, Western Samoa, and New York. He also served in a stake presidency, bishopric, stake high council, branch president, teacher and temple sealer. Dan was blessed with three lovely wives. He was sealed June 15, 1952, to his first wife, Lina Hinckley Andersen, who passed away in 1987. He then married Sabra Whittle Andersen for time on February 2, 1989, who passed away in 2003. He is survived by his current wife, Gloria Driggs Andersen, married for time April 22, 2006. His passions included: BYU sports (he said his blood ran Blue); playing the piano, accompanying Lina and Sabra, and playing duets with Gloria; traveling; reading; and his family. Dan Wayne Andersen passed away August 20, 2013. He was 86.
Posterity: Sons with Lina: David C. Andersen (Jill) Turlock, CA: Stephen H. Andersen (Teresa), Scottsdale, AZ. Sons with Sabra: ElRey Lynn Peterson (deceased) (Rosalin), Vaughn Peterson (Margaret), Thayne Peterson (Christine). Daughters with Sabra: Klyss Smith (Steven), Valynn Baum (Gregery), Jenae Madsen (Tim); all of Provo-Orem. Sons with Gloria: Jerry West, Hickory, NC, Jonathan West (Heidi), Herriman, UT. Daughters with Gloria: Jennifer West Mitchell (Michael), Gorham, ME, Julie West Burton (Marcus), Pleasant Grove, UT and Janelle West Olivas (Lance), Nashville, TN; 52 grandchildren; 11 spouses and 32 great-grandchildren.
Obituary: The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 23 Aug 2013
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: 2445 N Timpview Drive | Provo, Utah
Interment: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery
Arrangements: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Dan Wayne Andersen
1927 - 2013
VETERAN
Early Life: Dan was born January 13, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Daniel Lundgreen Andersen and Mildred Lucile Hansen Andersen, the oldest child of his family. He graduated from West High School. He was inducted into the United States Army the day after high school graduation, with the assignment in the Panama Canal Zone.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Dan attended Brigham Young University, received B.S. Degree in Education from the University of Utah; M.A. in Education from USC and a PhD in Education from University of Wisconsin. He was faculty at the University of Wisconsin. He worked overseas in Nigeria and Ethiopia. He finished his professional career with the Church Education System, first at Church College of Hawaii, then as President of BYU-Hawaii, and finished as Dean of the College of Education at BYU-Provo. He had multiple international and national consulting assignments. The West High Panther News Hall of Fame details his professional accomplishments. He served extensively as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served mission calls to Denmark, Western Samoa, and New York. He also served in a stake presidency, bishopric, stake high council, branch president, teacher and temple sealer. Dan was blessed with three lovely wives. He was sealed June 15, 1952, to his first wife, Lina Hinckley Andersen, who passed away in 1987. He then married Sabra Whittle Andersen for time on February 2, 1989, who passed away in 2003. He is survived by his current wife, Gloria Driggs Andersen, married for time April 22, 2006. His passions included: BYU sports (he said his blood ran Blue); playing the piano, accompanying Lina and Sabra, and playing duets with Gloria; traveling; reading; and his family. Dan Wayne Andersen passed away August 20, 2013. He was 86.
Posterity: Sons with Lina: David C. Andersen (Jill) Turlock, CA: Stephen H. Andersen (Teresa), Scottsdale, AZ. Sons with Sabra: ElRey Lynn Peterson (deceased) (Rosalin), Vaughn Peterson (Margaret), Thayne Peterson (Christine). Daughters with Sabra: Klyss Smith (Steven), Valynn Baum (Gregery), Jenae Madsen (Tim); all of Provo-Orem. Sons with Gloria: Jerry West, Hickory, NC, Jonathan West (Heidi), Herriman, UT. Daughters with Gloria: Jennifer West Mitchell (Michael), Gorham, ME, Julie West Burton (Marcus), Pleasant Grove, UT and Janelle West Olivas (Lance), Nashville, TN; 52 grandchildren; 11 spouses and 32 great-grandchildren.
Obituary: The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 23 Aug 2013
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: 2445 N Timpview Drive | Provo, Utah
Interment: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery
Arrangements: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1927 - 2013
VETERAN
Early Life: Dan was born January 13, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Daniel Lundgreen Andersen and Mildred Lucile Hansen Andersen, the oldest child of his family. He graduated from West High School. He was inducted into the United States Army the day after high school graduation, with the assignment in the Panama Canal Zone.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Dan attended Brigham Young University, received B.S. Degree in Education from the University of Utah; M.A. in Education from USC and a PhD in Education from University of Wisconsin. He was faculty at the University of Wisconsin. He worked overseas in Nigeria and Ethiopia. He finished his professional career with the Church Education System, first at Church College of Hawaii, then as President of BYU-Hawaii, and finished as Dean of the College of Education at BYU-Provo. He had multiple international and national consulting assignments. The West High Panther News Hall of Fame details his professional accomplishments. He served extensively as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served mission calls to Denmark, Western Samoa, and New York. He also served in a stake presidency, bishopric, stake high council, branch president, teacher and temple sealer. Dan was blessed with three lovely wives. He was sealed June 15, 1952, to his first wife, Lina Hinckley Andersen, who passed away in 1987. He then married Sabra Whittle Andersen for time on February 2, 1989, who passed away in 2003. He is survived by his current wife, Gloria Driggs Andersen, married for time April 22, 2006. His passions included: BYU sports (he said his blood ran Blue); playing the piano, accompanying Lina and Sabra, and playing duets with Gloria; traveling; reading; and his family. Dan Wayne Andersen passed away August 20, 2013. He was 86.
Posterity: Sons with Lina: David C. Andersen (Jill) Turlock, CA: Stephen H. Andersen (Teresa), Scottsdale, AZ. Sons with Sabra: ElRey Lynn Peterson (deceased) (Rosalin), Vaughn Peterson (Margaret), Thayne Peterson (Christine). Daughters with Sabra: Klyss Smith (Steven), Valynn Baum (Gregery), Jenae Madsen (Tim); all of Provo-Orem. Sons with Gloria: Jerry West, Hickory, NC, Jonathan West (Heidi), Herriman, UT. Daughters with Gloria: Jennifer West Mitchell (Michael), Gorham, ME, Julie West Burton (Marcus), Pleasant Grove, UT and Janelle West Olivas (Lance), Nashville, TN; 52 grandchildren; 11 spouses and 32 great-grandchildren.
Obituary: The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 23 Aug 2013
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chapel Location: 2445 N Timpview Drive | Provo, Utah
Interment: East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery
Arrangements: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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MARRIED JUNE 16, 1952
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Interment 26 Aug 2013
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