Joan Anthenien

Dear Anthenien Family,

I just learned of your mother's death from Eleanor Westbrook and am saddened at your loss and mine. As a young Dominican, I first met Joan at St. Albert's in about 1963 when you all lived on Chabot Road. About 20 years later we renewed our acquaintance when I took a consulting job for the three Catholic schools at GTU when she was registrar at DSPT.
My favorite story is about a conversation we had. Joan told a couple of us that her husband,...

Dear Anthenien Family (Marcia)

We worked several years with Marcia in Berkeley at the Blue and Gold Market. Marcia was aways a loyal friend and decated worker. We met Mrs. Anthenien with Marcia and a couple of her sisters at Christmas one year at the Nutcracker in San Francisco. We all had a good time and we never forgot her devotion to her family and the good Christian person she was. Your mother and father offered us and we accepted a week at your home in Lake Tahoe. We had a...

Dear Anthenien Family,
I had the honor of getting to know both your mother and father while at the respite program in Orinda. Your mother was a wonderful woman who was devoted to your father. I remember fondly many talks with your mother, and the sparkle in your father's eyes, particularly when we sang "Oh Suzzana" during the program. I also remember the great sadness when your father passed. Please except my sympathy now on the passing of your mother.

The Anthenien home has a special place in my childhood memories. As a friend of Mrs. Anthenien’s son John, I would spend many summer days listening to music, wrestling with the family dogs, or sneaking delectables from the fridge (we knew she knew, but she never said a thing). Mrs. Anthenien was a voice of reason as we grew up in the ‘70s, and her advice still resonates in our lives. I pray for comfort for her extended family.

Revelation 21: 3,4 - I heard a loud voice from the...