Ananda Dalenberg Obituary

Ananda Claude Dalenberg 1927 - 2008 Ananda Claude Dalenberg journeyed on to The Pure Land early February 18, 2008. He was born on July 2, 1927, in South Holland, IL. After serving in the Navy at the end of World War II, he attended Northwestern University. Then he came to San Francisco and studied Buddhism with Alan Watts. He taught English as a second language at John Adams and Alemany Adult Schools. He studied intensively with Suzuki Shunryu Roshi at the SF Zen Center and became a priest. He helped set up the study center and library there. Ananda went to Japan, Southeast Asia and India. Like his friends, Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac, he was one of the characters in "The Dharma Bums." He sought other forms of Buddhism and attended the Jodo Shinshu Temple in San Francisco and helped organize the Buddhist Council of Northern California. He created a correspondence group, "Cloud Hidden Friends Letter," which shared religious insights. He married Vera Haile and had twin daughters Diane and Laura. There will be a ceremony commemorating his life on Thursday, Feb. 21st, 4:15 p.m. at the Zen Center, 300 Page St., SF.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on Feb. 20, 2008.
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I remember Claude, or "Cloud" as Gia-fu Feng and Gi-Ming Shin used to call him, at East-West House on California St. I was the first woman to move into the house of 6 or 7 ex-students of Alan Watts. Claude seemed the most mature, the most centered of all of us, quite appropriate for the role he was later deemed to play in S.F. Buddhist circles. We later met in Kyoto,Japan where many ex-East-West House members wandered to. I send my most heartfelt sympathy to his family.

MERTIS SHEKELOFF

March 17, 2008

Mertis Shekeloff

March 17, 2008

Although it has been almost 37 years I can still hear his voice chanting " Buddham saranam gacchami....". Ananda will be greatly missed but his voice will continue to be heard.

Bob ( Skinner) Matus

February 21, 2008

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Dee Bartholomew

February 20, 2008

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