Anita Dabbs Dalrymple
Anita Kathleen Dabbs Dalrymple, 89, of Payson Arizona, passed away peacefully on July 20, 2025, at Lund Hospice Home in Gilbert, Arizona.
A celebration of life service will take place at Hansen’s Funeral Home on July 29, 2025, at 11:30 a.m.
Born in Kilgore Texas, on July 17, 1936, Anita graduated from Modesto Junior College with an associate’s degree. She was a loving wife, outstanding mother, proud grandmother and playful great-grandmother. She served her Savior as a pastor’s wife for more than fifty years. She was an entrepreneur who made cakes, taught candy making and later sold antiques. She faithfully taught the two-year-olds at Sunday School and was always involved in the church kitchen preparing for gatherings with the other women.
Anita was preceded in death by her husband, Robert. She is survived by her children, Terry (Jeannie), Phil (Heidi), and Eric (Sarah) Dalrymple, her eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and her brother, RC Dabbs.
Anita will be remembered for her wisdom, servant’s heart, and love for her family.