Anne T. Dunlevy

Obituary

Anne T. Dunlevy, who lived in Grand Forks from 1949 to1994, died December 22nd in Pasadena, California. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1995. She was born on October 15th, 1920 to John and Mary (Zachar) Briestensky in North Vandergrift, Pennsylvania. Anne graduated from her high school as valedictorian and received a scholarship to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. After graduating with a Nursing Degree she was commissioned an Ensign in the Navy Nurse Corps on January 4th, 1944. She served as one of 30 nurses on a Navy hospital ship, the USS Tranquility, in the Western Pacific in 1944 and 1945. One of the tragedies of her military career occurred in 1947. On April 16th of that year a fertilizer ship docked at the port of Texas City, Texas, exploded,causing nearly 600 fatalities and many more injuries. Anne was serving at the Navy hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, and volunteered to go to Texas City and help care for the sick and dying. She was married to Jerome M. Dunlevy of Grand Forks at the San Diego Naval Air Station on April 3rd, 1948. Anne and her husband moved to Grand Forks in 1949 because they knew it would be a good place to raise their family. She encouraged her children to work hard in school and two of the children became doctors and three are lawyers. Surviving are her husband and five children: Patrick, Glendale, California; Dr. Maureen (Edward) Fleming, Omaha, Nebraska; Shawn (Cindy), Duluth, Minnesota; Kevin (Marni), Shoreview, Minnesota; and Dr. Daniel, Sacramento, California, eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and her sister, Antoinette Severin. Her parents, three brothers, and four sisters preceded her in death. Anne had a strong Catholic faith and an avid interest in music, cooking and gardening. She enjoyed travel, painting at Park Board art classes, entertaining, and volunteering for the St. Michael's Hospital Auxiliary. She enjoyed success in almost everything she did, except for learning to water-ski at Maple Lake. In Pasadena, she was the first person enrolled in a new Alzheimer's research program. Services will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church in Grand Forks at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4th, 2006. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery of Grand Forks in the spring of 2006. Memorials may be given to HMRI Molecular Neurology, 99 North El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101 or to Holy Family Church in Grand Forks. Arrangements are with Amundson Funeral Home of Grand Forks, ND. www.amundsonfuneralhome.com