Marilyn Yvonne Anderson

Marilyn Yvonne Ander-

son, 85, Minot died on

Monday, August 14, 2017

in her home.

Marilyn was born on

January 6, 1932 in Minot

to Manuel and Elsie Dahl.

She was raised and edu-

cated in Minot, graduated

from Minot High School

in 1950 and from North

Dakota State University

with a degree in Home

Economics in 1954. She

was very proud to have

been a member of the

Queen’s Court at MHS.

Marilyn married Robert

W. Anderson on De-

cember 28, 1954 at Vin-

cent United Methodist

Church in Minot. They

made their home in the

Fargo area while Bob fin-

ished his degree in Archi-

tecture. Following his gra-

duation they returned to

Minot where she was a

fulltime wife, mother of

four children and

homemaker. Bob was a

Minot Architect for many

years and was a founder

of the Anderson, Wade

and Whitty PC Firm. After

all of her children were in

school she returned to the

classroom as a substitute

teacher, primarily in

Home Economics, in the

Minot Public School Sys-

tem. Bob died on July 22,

2001. Marilyn had con-

tinued to reside in Minot.

Marilyn was a member

of First Lutheran Church,

PEO Chapter AL, Kappa

Kappa Gamma at NDSU

and the Home Economics

Teachers Association.

Marilyn enjoyed baking,

crafts, gardening and fam-

ily get-togethers. She

created beautiful weav-

ings on a large loom and

received numerous

awards at the North Dako-

ta State Fair for her woven

wall hangings. Marilyn

was invited to model her

traditional Norwegian

Bunad (dress) and demon-

strated weaving on her

large floor loom at the

Norsk Hostfest. She also

supervised the Scandina-

vian Kitchens at the Host-

fest for a time. Another

passion for Marilyn was

studying her numerous

cookbooks. She was espe-

cially proud of her crea-

tion “Prairie Rhubarb

Twist Pie”. This recipe

earned her special recog-

nition at the North Dakota

State Fair and a trip to a

national competition in

Nashville, TN. Her

friends and family would

always look forward to

testing her new recipes

and creations.

She also enjoyed creat-

ing floral gardens for her

family and friends to en-

joy during many backyard

barbecues. We all have

many fond memories of

our times together. She

will be dearly missed.

Marilyn’s loving family

includes her children:

Jennifer (Marlowe) John-

son of Minot, Becky Polk

of Winter Park FL, Mark

Anderson of Harrisburg

PA, and Sheri Anderson

of Chicago; grandchil-

dren: Michael, Marcus,

Matthew, Ashley, Allison

and Kelli; great grandchil-dren: Easton, Knox, Bryce,

Brayden, Naomi and An-

tonio; siblings: Barbara

Samuelson of Minot and

Gary Dahl of San Jose,

CA; sister-in-law: Dorothy

Anderson of Minot and

several nieces, nephews

and cousins.

Marilyn was preceded

in death by her parents,

husband and

brother-in-law: John

Samuelson.

Celebration of the Life

of Marilyn Anderson:

Monday, August 21, 2017

at 1:00 p.m. in First Luth-

eran Church – Minot

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park – Minot.

Visitation: Sunday from

1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.

in Thomas Family Funeral

Home – Minot.

Memorials are pre-

ferred to First Lutheran

Church – Minot.Those

wishing to sign the online

memorial register or share

memories and con-

dolences are invited to

use the expressions of

sympathy section at

www.thomas

familyfuneralhome.com