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Eva L. Lanning
December 25, 2021
Eva L. Lanning passed away peacefully on December 25 at the age of 92, lovingly surrounded by her husband, Richard, and her children, Lora and Steven.
Eva was born in Berlin, Germany in 1929 and emigrated to the United States with her parents, Erna and Max Lowell, MD, in 1939. The family eventually settled in Piedmont, California, where her father practiced medicine. Eva graduated early from Piedmont High School and received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Eva was an accomplished dancer and actress, joining the San Francisco Ballet and performing in numerous stage roles. She met her first husband when they were co-leads in a production at the Monterey Wharf Theater. After moving to the east coast, the family eventually moved to Riverside, which she called home from 1964.
Eva earned a master's degree from Fairfield University and worked as a guidance counselor at Norwalk Center for Vocational Arts. It was at that time she met her husband, Richard Lanning, who became the love of her life for the next 45 years. Together they shared many travel adventures, beginning with Richard's final years as a Captain in the US Navy. For his last two commands, they lived in Souda Bay, Crete, Greece and in Norfolk, Virginia where she was a guidance counselor on the faculty of Old Dominion University. After her husband's retirement from the Navy in 1980, they returned to Riverside where she became a real estate agent and served from 1987 to 1989 as president of the Greenwich Chapter of the American Association of University Women. From Riverside they traveled extensively, visiting every continent where Eva continued to meet and charm new friends from around the world.
In addition to her husband, Richard, her daughter Lora (Joe) and son Steven (Karen), Eva is survived by Richard's daughter Holly (Dale) and son Jim (Teresa), and grandchildren Jeshe (Chris), Riley, Katy (Dale), Patrick, Heidi (Thomas) and Grafton.
A Celebration of Life is being planned for the Spring.
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