Obituary Record

Doris M. Andersen
Died on 11/30/2002
Buried in Blair Cemetery

Doris M. Andersen, 85, of Blair, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002, at Crowell Memorial Home in Blair.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home in Blair.

Doris M. Andersen was born Nov. 26, 1917, in Blair to John and Ane (Jensen) Andersen.

She graduated from Blair High School in 1936. She lived most of her life in Blair.

She worked for Dr. Werner Jensen in Omaha as a housekeeper and nanny from 1935 until September, 1944.

She joined the U.S. Coast Guard on Sept. 27, 1944, and served as a Ship's Cook Third Class before being discharged on May 24, 1946.

She then worked at the Lutheran Publishing House Book Store before joing the staff at Dana College in 1964, where she worked for several years.

She was a member of the Memorial Community Hospital Auxiliary and First Lutheran Church.

She became a resident at Crowell Memorial Home in December, 1993. She had been suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.

She is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Ernie and Hazel Andersen of Blair; sister, Helen Andersen of Seward; nieces, Pat Neuman of Omaha and Phyllis Puffer of Herman; and many great and great-great nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Clarence Andersen; sister, Betty Andersen; niece, Susan Fees, and great-nephew, Kevin Crom.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Printed in the Washington County Pilot-Tribune on 12/3/2002


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