Doris Helen Anderson

Doris Anderson, 95, died peacefully in her sleep Thursday at home with her daughter, Karen. Her husband, Richard Anderson, passed in 2007. They were childhood Sweethearts and were married for more than 58 years. Doris was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend.

She was born in Chicago, IL, in 1929, and she is the second daughter of Kirk and Ella Emerick. She had one sister, Lilliemay Hasenstab.

Doris and Richard, age 15, met when she was in Jobs Daughters, and he was in DeMolay. In 1948, they married and lived in Chicago, IL, until 1954, when they moved to Phoenix, AZ. Then they moved to Hacienda Heights, CA, for 26 years. In 1992, they retired to Prescott, AZ and in 2003, they moved to Lake Havasu City, AZ, to be near family.

After Job's Daughters, Doris was a mother and homemaker. Over the years, she volunteered: Sunday School, Scout leader, Hope House, Lioness, Meals on Wheels, Church and VBS. She enjoyed many clubs: church and bible studies, Bunco and Pinnacle, and Canasta.

Her parents, Kirk H and Ella H Emerick, her sister, Lilliemay Hasenstab, and her son, Kirk Richard Anderson, preceded her in death. She is survived by her two daughters, Karen McShea, of Lake Havasu City, AZ, and Kristine (David) Passalacqua, of Benicia, CA. She has five grandchildren: Kimberly McShea, Ricky (Colleen) McShea, Brandon (Brittney) Anderson, Brent (Bonnie) Anderson, and Jennifer (Brandon) Trapp. She was also blessed with 14 great-grandchildren, Emily McShea, Abby McShea, Deegan McShea, Corbin McShea, Tinlee McShea, Myla Anderson, Brandon Jr. Anderson, Evan Anderson, Tanner Anderson, Ayden Anderson, Aubrey Anderson, Gavin Anderson, Ila Anderson and Siena Trapp.

Services will be at 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 15th, at Mount Olive Lutheran Church. Following the service, friends and family are welcome to continue celebrating Doris in the Friendship Cafe. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Doris’s name to the Mount Olive Lutheran Church Education and Youth Fund.

Thoughts and condolences may be submitted to the family: https://my.gather.app/remember/doris-anderson-2024

Arrangements were placed under the Care of Bradbury Memorial Center.