- Date Of Birth: February 23, 1924
- Date Of Death: February 4, 2011
- State: Idaho
Joseph Gaylord Andreasen
Joseph Andreasen of St. George, Utah, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at his residence at the age of 87.
Born in Soda Springs, Idaho, on Feb. 23, 1924, to Andrew Lorenzo Andreasen and Myrtle Estella Gibbs, he was the seventh of 11 children, including Lane, Grant, Helen, Randall, Donna, Willard, Natalia, Richard, Carol and Douglas. He grew up in rural southern Idaho, graduated from Shoshone High School in 1942 and served for three years in the Army Air Corps in World War II as a bombardier in the European Theater. He also served as an Air Force logistics officer during the Korean War and attained the rank of captain.
He was a lifelong golf enthusiast who won many tournaments and taught the game diligently to three generations of his family. He loved and wrote cowboy poetry and published a book of historical fiction. His focus was always his family, and he never took a vacation that wasn’t for the purpose of getting together with his parents, siblings or children.
He is survived by his brothers, Willard and Richard; his sisters, Natalia and Carol; his wife of many years and the mother of his children, Lucille White; his daughter, Chris; his son, Andy; and his nine grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
