Dorothy
A. Anderson, 87
Pine
River - Dorothy A. Anderson, 87, formerly of
Thief River Falls, died on July 28, 2002 at
Whispering Pines Good Samaritan Center in Pine
River.
Funeral
services were held on Wednesday, July 31 at Faith
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Swanburg with Rev.
Marlys Korman officiating. Janis Allen provided
special music at the service. Interment was in
Swanburg Cemetery.
Dorothy
Ann Johnson was born on January 1, 1915, the
daughter of Elmer and Mary (Knapper) Johnson, near
Roseau. She graduated from Lincoln High School in
Thief River Falls.
On
June 27, 1934, she married Levin H. Anderson in
Grygla. They lived in Thief River Falls until 1937
when they moved to St. Paul. During World War II,
Dorothy worked at Northwest Airlines revamping
planes for the war effort. She had also worked
several other jobs including working for the IRS
for 15 years. Since 1962, the couple spent their
summers at Lake Ossawinnamakee. Once retired in
1980, the moved to their home on West Fox Lake,
near Fifty Lakes. They spent their winters in
Seminole, Fla. after retirement.
Survivors
include her husband, Levin; two sons, Lyle of
Austin, Texas, and Glen of St. Paul; nine
grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two great
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Ellen
Holthusen of Grygla.
Dorothy
was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter,
JoAnn A. Shetka; four brothers, Clarence, Raymond,
Art and Richard; and one sister, Mabel.
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