Bainbridge Island resident Elwood Marvin Anderson, age 89, died April 2 at Island Health and Rehabilitation on Bainbridge Island. 

He was born Feb. 20, 1915 in Enderlin, N.D., son of Jens and Ragna (Husemoen) Anderson.

Elwood got his first job as a 13-year-old chauffeur to a county commissioner from North Dakota. 

Later he worked at Peterson and Peterson in Enderlin delivering groceries in his panel truck. 

He spent 40 years as a brakeman/conductor on the Soo Line Railroad between Minnesota and North Dakota. 

He retired in 1975 and he and his wife, Ruth, moved to Seattle to be near their daughters. 

He enjoyed golf, playing the harmonica and the accordion on which he was self-taught. 

He enjoyed woodworking and looked forward to every spring and the beginning of the Seattle Mariners season. 

He is survived by his two daughters, Marvel Loria, Bainbridge Island; Jean Storelee, Port Orchard; one brother, Vernon (Leila) Anderson, Enderlin, N.D.; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. 

His wife, Ruth, in 2002; one sister, Margaret; three brothers, Henry, Elmer, and Norman; and one grandson, David Loria, in 1987, all preceded him in death.

 A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m.  April 12 at First Lutheran Church, 2438 Mitchell Road, in Port Orchard.

A graveside inurnment service will be held at Port Blakely Cemetery on Bainbridge Island at 11 a.m. April 24.

The funeral arrangements are under the direction of Kass Funeral Home.