Doris S. Anderson

May 26, 1908 - April 17, 2009

Visitation: Open after 12:00 Noon; family present from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. April 20, 2009 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M. May 21, 2009 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Interment: Cedar Township North Cemetery, Fremont, Iowa. Doris S. Hix Anderson, 100, passed away on April 17, 2009, at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. She was born May 26, 1908, in Hedrick, Iowa, to Charles Sumner and Lily Myrtle Jones Hix. She was united in marriage to Carl Morgan Anderson on June 1, 1929, at the Methodist Church parsonage in Hampton, Iowa. Doris was a graduate of Martinsburg High School and a long time member and organist of the Martinsburg United Methodist Church. She lived 50 plus years in Martinsburg, and was a homemaker and assisted her husband in the operation of Anderson Produce until moving to Oswego, Illinois, in 1962, to be near their daughter Carol and family. She then worked at the Oswego Community School for several years and at the Oswego Library. In 1988, Doris and Carl moved to the Sandwich Manor Retirement Home, in Sandwich, Illinois, and observed their 66th wedding anniversary there. Carl died July 14, 1995. Doris moved back to Iowa in 1997, and lived at Hedrick Housing until moving to the Manor House. She was a member of the Hedrick-Martinsburg United Methodist Church. Doris is survived by a son and his wife, Don A. and Wanda Hill, of Windsor Heights, Iowa; 6 grandchildren: Dennis Fullmer, Cynthia (Lindsay) Barich, Angie Keller, Dr. Michael (Julie) Hill, Donna Sue (George) Dickerson, and Janet (Rick) Calhoun; 15 great-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl; her daughter, Carol Fullmer; her parents; a grandson, David Hill; a sister, Erma Gardner; a brother, Elwyn Hix; and a half brother, Paul Hix. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until 8:00 P.M. Monday, April 20, 2009, at the Fremont Funeral Chapel with family present from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Services will be held Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at 11:00 A.M. at the Fremont Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in the Cedar Township Cemetery, north of Fremont. Memorials may be made to the Hedrick-Martinsburg United Methodist Church or the Sigourney Manor House Care Center. Fremont Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.