Shirley Marie Anderson, age 85 of McIntosh, passed away early Tuesday morning, January 16, 2018 at Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon, SD.
The Funeral Service for Shirley will be held at 11:00am MT, on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the First Presbyterian Church in McIntosh. Pastor Tottie Lenerville will officiate with burial at 11:00am MT on Monday, January 22, 2018 at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD.

Serving as casketbearers are Michael Ternes, Eric Anderson, Kyle Edinger, Cory Voyles, Jesse Fox, Bryant Ternes, and Brandon Bolton. All grandchildren, family and friends are considered honorary bearers.

Shirley Marie Norberg was born on July 4, 1932 the only child to Victor & Alice (Burns) Norberg in Seattle, WA. She was raised and educated in Seattle and at the age of 18, she moved to Spokane where she was trained and worked as a dental assistant. It was while in Spokane that she met Virgil Anderson who was stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base. On August 13, 1955 they were married in Huron, SD and made their home on the family farm south of Watauga. They moved to McIntosh in 1964 when they purchased the Jack & Jill Store. After selling the grocery store to their daughter and son-in-law in 1984, she worked for several years for the Corson County Assessor. Due to health issues, Shirley moved to Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon in 2013 where she has resided until the time of her death.

Shirley was a very giving and compassionate person. She loved her family and was always thinking of others before herself. She would never complain & was always upbeat no matter what her issues were.

She enjoyed bowling, trapshooting, & traveling. She was a movie buff and her main tv channel was Turner Classic Movies.

Shirley was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary for 54 years, and a Junior Auxiliary leader. She was a former chairman of the Easter Seals Society for Corson County, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she was a former Sunday School Teacher.

Grateful for having shared her life are; one daughter, Sherry (Phillip) Ternes; McIntosh, SD; one son, Clay (Melanie) Anderson, Belle Fourche, SD; six grandchildren; Michael (Cybil) Ternes, Jackie (Brandon) Bolton, Kerry Ternes (Jason Cromer), Tessa (Cory) Voyles, Eric (Ashley) Anderson, Brianne (Jesse) Fox; 8 great grandchildren; Bryant, Allison, and Darrin Ternes, Kyle and Winter Edinger, Everly Bolton, Aiden and Aurora Voyles, and Isla Fox.

She was preceded in death by her husband & parents.

Visitation will be on Friday from 1:00 to the time of the family service at 7:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.

Memorials are preferred to the First Presbyterian Church in McIntosh, SD.