Friends may call from 4 to 9 today at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kimball. A prayer service will be at 8 tonight at the church in Kimball, Minnesota. Arrangements were by Dingmann Funeral Home.

Pastor Ansorge was born August 21, 1909, in Manning, Iowa, to the late Pastor John M. and Gertrude (Heinke) Ansorge, and attended Manning Schools. He was ordained into the ministry on September 4, 1932.

He married Virginia P. Stanke of Webster on June 14, 1940, and began serving his ministry at Zion Lutheran Church in Iona prior to serving as pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Parkers Prairie in 1945. In addition to serving as circuit visitor for a time, he was pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Willmar, from 1956 to 1969, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Baudette, from 1969 to 1976, and became assistant pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kimball, and Concordia Lutheran Church in Fair Haven in 1976. He was a former member of Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Minnesota District Boards and Lutheran Island Camp Board.

Survivors include his wife; daughter and sons, Mrs. Robert (Pauline) Kolb, St. Paul; John, Mounds View; Howard, Chicago, Illinois; sister and brothers, Luella, Omaha, Nebraska; Pastor Max, Spirit Lake, Iowa; and Edwin J., Des Moines, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Arthur.

Pallbearers will be Howard Bahn, Kenneth Bruntlett, Ronald Wenzel, Marvin Gutknecht, Dale Maroh, John Betts, and David Triebel.

Memorials are preferred to donor's choice.
St. Cloud Times, Saint Cloud, Minnesota August 19, 1981

I'm occasionally adding the actual scanned image of the obituary I make using my VERY expensive - large commercial scanner, and/or also other articles about the deceased person that were published in the Manning Monitor.
I want to also comment about people who are taking my obituaries, pictures, and/or other articles about a person/family and posting them on other websites.
You do NOT have permission or the right to do this - you are stealing my historical work.
Buy your own scanning equipment, pay for memberships to other commercial websites, and spend decades working on your local history like I have - then you'll understand why I'm making these comments!
Thank you for your attention to this matter - Dave Kusel

June 20, 1940, Manning Monitor