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ANITA GERALDINE SHERMAN
Passed away Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, VA. She retired from the Dept. of the Navy as an auditor. Entered in the "Who's Who of American Women" 14th edition 1985-6. She was born in Maywood, IL, November 8, 1925, a suburb of Chicago. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Dora LeVine, two sons, Jeffrey and Barry and a sister, Bernice Brunner. An accomplished dancer in round, ballroom and square dancing. A volunteer guide at the Kennedy Center for 25 years, president of Ladies Auxiliary Jewish War Veterans No. 381 for many years and a proud member of the Camp Springs Elks Lodge No. 2332. Graveside services will be held 9:30 a.m., Sunday, October 9 at National Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made in her name to a charity of one's choice.
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Natalie & Earl Guidry
October 15, 2011
Nat and I have been on this trip to Albuquerque and points west and have been sharing action-packed days with her niece and her husband. We wanted to stop awhile and gather our thoughts concerning our feelings with this little"Might Mouse". Alas, we have dawdled around to the point that her name has been removed from the Cemetery's website, so the world will never know what we had to say about our friend. So, we are corresponding with the friends that we had in common with her.
As with all interesting people that we meet in passing and get to see every now and then, we are sorry that we (1) didn't get to meet her earlier than we did and (2) that we didn't get to know her better. By a chance meeting through our camping friends we were introduced to Anita at a Shrimp Dinner at the American Legion in Clinton. Little did we know what a special friend she would become.
She and Rip were always a welcome addition to our usual Wednesday night group. I remember the funny stories she related about her service in the nursing corps during WWII. I remember that she was afraid of flying and she was ordered to fly out of Yuma AZ. to a distant military destination and she refused to go because she was afraid to fly. She was ordered to go anyway, and the plane crash landed in the desert. Everyone survived but she put her supervisor on notice that she was not flying anywhere. She took the bus back to Yuma and was prepared to face the consequences. Of course, nothing ever came of this insubordination.
One particularly fond memory is the personal tour of the Kennedy Center that she gave Jan, Calvin, Nat and I. She introduced us to the remainder of the tour as her "special friends" who lived campers and toured around. She really knew her stuff. Her depth of knowledge concerning the place left no doubt that she was knowledgeable. I remember that a man walked by us with a scowl on his face. I asked her what his problem was and she answered that he was her supervisor and he disapproved of her taking too much time on her tours. She didn't seem to care what he thought and continued to give her version of the tour, regardless of what he thought.
We miss her already and hope that all of her friends, especially her special friend "Rip", will be consoled in the fact that all of our lives have been enriched by our acquaintance and friendship with Anita and we are far better off knowing her for this short time than never having to have known her at all.
COL (Ret) Cal & Jan Washispack
October 11, 2011
Our condolences and deepest sympathies to Anita's family and friends. We met Anita about 11 years ago through the Elks and American Legion. She was a great person with a great sense of humor and she will be deeply missed.
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