We want to give you a little history of our beautiful place. In 1984 our parents, Ken and Kathleen Andersen, purchased the land with a small old trailer and a garage sitting on the property. In 1985 they had the trailer removed and began construction of the current home. The framework was completed by a contractor and the masonry was completed by Kathleen’s uncle, Wally Stehr. The rest of the work was entirely completed by our dad Ken and he put the finishing touches on in about 1991. In 1993 they retired at age 59 and moved from St. Paul to this lovely home and lived year round in Danbury permanently. They enjoyed many years of fishing, snowmobiling, golfing, church events, family gatherings, boating, crossword puzzles, sleep overs with grandchildren, gardening, reading and many others. Unfortunately in March of 2007 Kathleen passed away, just six months shy of their 50th wedding anniversary. Ken stayed here and enjoyed ten more years without his bride until his passing in 2017.
We want to also give you a little history on the life of Ken and Kathleen prior to all this. They met at Humboldt high school in St. Paul. In 1953 Ken signed on as a left handed pitcher for the New York Giants minor league team while Kathleen was attending nursing school at St. Kate’s. In 1957 they were married. The details of all Ken’s baseball adventures are in the pages of a book at the cabin.
Ken and Kathleen had five children. Steve, Sheila, Sarah, Mark and Monica. After Ken’s passing Mark and Monica and our families decided to own the cabin together and keep the property in the family. Thus creating KandK Properties in honor of our parents whom we deeply loved and are forever grateful for allowing us the opportunity to enjoy Danbury as we hope you will. In order to do this we rent it out part of the time. Please take gentle care of our cabin and have a wonderful stay here!
Sincerely,
Mark and Michelle Andersen
Jeff and Monica Atneosen