Andresen, John E.

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John E. Andresen

John Eastman Andresen was born on May 8, 1913, in Massachusetts, his father, John, was 25 and his mother, Nanny, was 35. John was graduated from the Choate School in Wallingford, CT in 1932 and Wesleyan University in 1936. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, the Riverton Country Club, and the Apawamis Club in Rye. N. Y.

Before the war, John was associated with the John R. Evans Company of Camden. N. J.. He married Alice ‘Lally’ Farnsworth of Chestnut Hill, Mass, on November 30, 1935, when he was 22 years old. They would have two sons and two daughters. In Rye his family lived on Manursing Way.

John enlisted and served in the U.S. Navy. During World War II, he served as a Navy commander, skipper of Submarine Chasers in Philippines, of the USS SC-1347. He was also a year in the Atlantic Theatre of war operations, his service number was 158549 (See Muster Rolls) . In the Pacific Theater of World War II, U.S. Navy submarine chasers’often nicknamed the “Splinter Fleet” due to their wooden hulls’evolved from coastal guards into versatile “shepherds” of the fleet. These nimble vessels were essential for navigating the shallow, coral-fringed waters of the Pacific where larger destroyers could not safely operate.

Lieut. Andresen, Commander In Pacific Gets Discharge

Lieut. John B. Andresen, U. S. N. R. , son of Mr. and Mrs. John C, Andresen of Manursing Way, has been released from duty, having served as commander of a patrol craft in the Pacific for the past two years. He was also a year in the Atlantic theatre of war operations, Lieut. Andresen and Mrs, Andresen were with his parents several days before they went to their home in Boston. They have three children.

Friday, November 23, 1945 THE RYE CHRONICLE PAGE FIVE

After his honorable discharge, John headed Boston leather brokerage firm. He was chief executive of the Andresen leather brokerage in Boston for 30 years until retirement in 1971. Upon his retirement, the brokerage firm John Andresen & Co., started by his great-grandfather, was liquidated.

He was a past commodore of Largo Anglers Club in Florida and member of The Country Club Brookline, Duxbury Yacht Club Ducks Unlimited.

John E. Andresen died on June 28, 1991, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, at the age of 78.

At the time of his death, he was survived by, his wife, Alice (Farnsworth); two daughters, Judy A. Paige of Marblehead Daphne A. Corcoran of Waterville Valley, NJJ.; two sons, Edward F. Osterville and John C. 2d of Kingston; eight grandchildren and great-grandchildren.