Wilma Jean “Willie” Anderson Dohrman, 77, of Beaumont, died Sunday, July 1, 2007 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital.
She was born at her family home in Kinsley, Kansas on August 26, 1929. Her parents were Charles William Anderson and Sophronia Calista Quakenbush Anderson.
Willie graduated from Kinsley High School in 1947 and enrolled at Kansas University the fall of 1947 where she met her husband Richard Cordsen Dohrman. They married on November 26, 1948 in Kinsley, Kansas during an early winter blizzard. They started their married life in Kansas City, Missouri and later lived in Dallas, Texas, Lake Charles, Louisiana and finally moving to Beaumont, Texas in 1976 where they retired.
Willie enjoyed playing the piano and organ, listening to music, reading and had become quite proficient with computer technology. She was a professional secretary for over twenty-five years.
Her loving husband, Richard; and her brother, Robert Anderson preceded her in death.
Survivors include her three children, Allison Louise Dohrman of New York City, New York, Jeannie Dohrman Robertson and her husband Jerry R. of Lake Charles, Louisiana and Eric Richard Dohrman and his wife Jill of Lake Charles, Louisiana; her niece, Cherie Anderson Birkbeck; and her nephew of Brent Anderson.
Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 7, 2007 at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 6, 2007 at the Mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, P.O. Box 7015, Beaumont, Texas 77726.
