Dorothy Ann Anderson (Saarikoski) passed away at EvergreenHealth Hospice Care in Kirkland, Wash., on Dec. 8, 2020. She was 85 years old.
Dorothy was born Feb. 16, 1935, in Eveleth, Minn., to Axel Saarikoski and Ellen Saarikoski (Hakonen). She graduated from University of Minnesota, Duluth in the late fifties with a BS degree. Dorothy married Dale Anderson in 1957, a union that lasted just short of 60 years upon Daleâs death in 2017. The couple lived for a short time in Eau Claire, Wis., and South Bend, Ind., before settling during the early sixties in Washington State. While Dale worked at The Boeing Company, Dorothy was a homemaker raising their children. They lived for a short time in Renton, Wash., and eventually settled in Bellevue, Wash. Dorothy utilized her teaching degree in the mid seventies, working as a substitute and an ESL teacher for the Bellevue School District. She developed a deep interest in art which led her to volunteer for many years as a docent for the Bell