Doris Mae Anderson

Doris Mae Anderson, 87, died January 16, 2020 at Miller Pointe Nursing Home in Mandan.  Cremation has taken place.  A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Pkwy, Bismarck, with Rev. Deanna Reikow officiating.

Burial will  follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.

Doris was born as one of a set of triplets on May 31, 1932 along with siblings Dora and Dean to Robert and Stella (Huston) Maxwell on a rural farm outside Turtle Lake.  Dean died in infancy leaving Doris to grow up as a twin with her sister, Dora.  Doris and Dora were very close until her sister's death in 2000.  Doris attended a number of rural schools and graduated from Turtle Lake High School in 1950.  On June 19, 1964 she was united in marriage to Billy Anderson where they lived and worked on the Anderson farm located four miles south of McKenzie.  After Billy's death in June of 1996, Doris continued to live on the farm until moving to Bismarck in 2000.  In 2006 Doris lost a lower leg in an accident but was able to maintain an active independent lifestyle until 2013 when she moved into nursing care in Mandan.

Doris was an excellent bowler and participated in many leagues and tournaments.  In recognition for her meritorious service, she was inducted into the Bismarck/Mandan USBC/WBA Bowling Hall of Fame in 2007.  Doris and Billy also enjoyed fishing with numerous fly-in trips to northern Canada.

Doris was a lifelong Presbyterian and a very active member of the Glencoe Sloan Memorial Presbyterian Church where she served as the church clerk from 1987 thru 2012 along with four terms as a church elder.

Doris is survived by her sisters, Roberta Hampstead, Lakewood, CO, and Patty (Lester) Mai, Clarksville, TN; stepson, Wade (Marge) Anderson, McKenzie; stepdaughter, Joyce Anderson, Englewood, CO; and many nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy; parents; brothers, Art, Robert and Dean; sisters, Rueby and Dora; and nephews, Bobby McCabe and Arthur Maxwell, Jr.