Cape Neddick-Anita Marie (Levesque) Anderson passed away peacefully on Monday, August 31st at Bellamy Fields in Dover, NH. She was 88 years old. Anita was born August 13, 1927 in Peterborough, NH, the daughter of Philida (Pinette) and Napoleon Levesque. She lived in Dover most of her childhood and attended Dover schools. She solely spoke French until she was five years old and learned English as a second language when she attended grammar school. She continued to speak French fluently and remained bilingual her entire life. She met her husband, Richard "Dick" Anderson while working at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard cafeteria. They were married in December 1952 and moved to their home in Cape Neddick, Maine, where they raised their four children. Anita lived at her home in Cape Neddick for nearly 60 years before moving to Bellamy Fields Assisted Living in Dover, NH in 2012. Dick and Anita were incredibly talented dancers and they loved Big Band Swing music. They attended the Rockingham Ballroom almost every weekend and won numerous dance contests. Anita continued to enjoy dancing well into her 80's; dancing nonstop and being deemed 'the life of the party' at her granddaughter's wedding several years ago! Anita cherished the time she spent each summer at her family's camp on Pine River Pond in Wakefield, NH. She also enjoyed time spent gardening and she created several beautiful rock gardens at her home. She was a wonderful cook and her family greatly enjoyed her homemade whoopie pies and Swedish coffee cake. She kept her home "neat as a pin" (even with four children!). She was an accomplished seamstress, creating and sewing much of her own wardrobe, and she is fondly remembered for her effortless style, and for her timeless beauty. She was a truly self-less, generous person who found great joy in giving to others. As her children grew older, Anita took classes and became a certified nurse's aid. She worked at York Hospital and as a private care aid for several years. Anita was a loving, giving, and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved hosting and attending family holiday gatherings, weddings and birthday celebrations. She will be greatly missed and adoringly remembered by all who knew her. Anita was pre-deceased by parents, her husband of 55 years, Richard "Dick" Anderson Sr., her brothers, Larry & Nelson Levesque, her sister, Jaqueline Levesque, and her granddaughter, Genya Halliday. She is survived by her children: David Anderson and partner, Ali, of Old Orchard Beach, ME, Gail (Anderson) Halliday and her husband, Tyrone Frazier, of Bronx, NY, Stephen Anderson of Cape Neddick, ME, and Richard Anderson Jr. & his wife, Maryann, also of Cape Neddick . She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Ellen Louise Anderson, of Novato, CA, brother-in-law, Raymond Anderson & his wife, Gay, of Vienna, ME, grandchildren Christopher Anderson, Janet Anderson, Laine Anderson Larson, Fairlee Anderson, Kim Halliday, Jasmine Frazier, nine great-grandchildren, plus many nieces, nephews and cousins. Anita's family would like to extend their heartfelt appreciation to the staff at Bellamy Fields for the exceptional, compassionate care given to Anita during the last three years of her life. The staff at Bellamy is undeniably the best and we will forever be grateful for the care you gave our mother. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 4th at 11am at JS Pelkey Funeral Home,125 Old Post Road Kittery, ME 03904 followed by a burial service at Mt. Pleasant Cemetary, Eliot, ME. online condolences may be made by visiting www.jspelkeyfuneralhome.com . Flowers are welcome -or- for those who wish to make a charitable donation in Anita's memory, please consider donating to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), Northern New England Branch, 175 Ammon Drive, Suite 201, Manchester, NH 03103 or via http://nne.jdrf.org/event/jdrf-one-walk-saco-maine Donate tab and "Hope for Hazel" team. Care for the Anderson family has been entrusted to the JS Pelkey Funeral Home.