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Dorothy Lee Gitt Salmen

25 Nov 1924 – 8 Aug 2010

Birth25 Nov 1924
Death8 Aug 2010
CemeteryPrairie Home Cemetery
Holdrege , Phelps County , Nebraska , USA
Added byRod Renken on 22 Jul 2023
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Dorothy L. (Gitt) Anderson Salmen, passed away Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Dorothy was born Nov. 25, 1924 to Leslie and Mattie (Rademacher) Gitt in Phelps County, Nebraska. Dorothy attended District 8 elementary school and graduated from the Wilcox (NE.) High School. She married Wesley Anderson in Holdrege, Nebraska, he preceded her in death. On May 29, 1993, she married Melvin Salmen. She worked at Eads Jewelry, Holdrege, Nebraska. Dorothy was a member of the St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Hastings, Nebraska, the St. Cecelia's Altar Society and a member of the Saints Quilting Club. She was a member of the Elks, Does, the Extension Club, and a past member of the Eastern Star, all of Holdrege, Nebraska. Dorothy had been a volunteer for Meals on Wheels since its inception and she was active and did volunteer work at the Good Samaritan Society - Hastings Village, Hastings, Nebraska. Dorothy was preceded in death by: parents; husbands, Wesley Anderson on Oct. 20, 1987 and Melvin Salmen on Feb. 1, 2006; step-daughter, Kathy Schultz; three brothers and three sisters. Dorothy is survived by: daughters, Patricia Baker and husband, Tom of Trenton, Nebraska and Betty Jo Anderson of Hastings, Nebraska; sons, Eugene Anderson and wife, Theresa of Grand Island, Nebraska and Stewart Anderson of Florida; seven step-children; numerous grandchildren, a great grandchild, step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. Burial was in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege, Nebraska.

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