Edward John McAniff

Jane and all of the other McAniff family members, I planned to see you all at Ted´s funeral and celebration of life Unfortunately, yesterday I managed to severely tear a meniscus and can barely walk, so I won´t be able to attend. You know that I loved Ted. He was a unique personality, serious with an excellent sense of humor. More importantly, he was an extremely sweet man. I will always remember his invitation to join you for Christmas dinner. Penny and I will miss him, but glad we had him for so long.

Bob

Those of us in the Order will miss Ted- always a good follower and when necessary, a good leader.

The memories I have of growing up at the McAniff home are too many to note, but one stands out that we have always gotten a laugh out of. Peter and I were constantly together during summers...first on Glen Summer, close to where I grew up, and later on San Pasqual. One day I had the brilliant idea to take a job basically from Glen Summer over to the new house on San Pasqual and say hello to Peter or whoever was home...since I always just let myself in the house anyway and assumed I was welcome! After a longer than expected and quite exhausting jog I arrived at the house to find it vacant! Knowing that with the number of people that circulated through the house on any given day, that vacant state would not last for long, I simply plopped myself down in one of the shallow fountains in the back yard to cool off and left a note on the side door saying something to the effect of "please excuse the body in your back fountain, I needed a rest..." I don't recall who came home first to find me...but it is something that we have all laughed about in the several decades since. The McAniff family, and Ted of course, is very special to me. My memories of growing up roaming around the greater Arroyo area would not be nearly as rich without the McAniffs and these are memories I will always treasure. Peter G.

I remember when Ted once asked me to lunch when I was a lawyer in-house at First Interstate Bancorp. He took me to his private club where his stern demeanor unintentionally had our waiter shaking, and Ted tried to calm him down. Having known Ted for quite some time, I was very flattered when Ted smiled and confided in me that he seemed to involuntarily have that effect on young lawyers at his firm.

While we waited for our entrees, Ted picked up a dinner roll and applied the unsalted butter to it. He then picked up the salt shaker and sprinkled salt on the roll. Unfortunately, to the consternation of my wife and my doctors, I picked up that habit from Ted and have been unable to break it.

After lunch, Ted asked whether I was up for dessert. When I said "yes," he took me to McDonalds for a box of its apple pie.

As all who read this know, Ted was an absolutely brilliant corporate lawyer, one of the best, if not the best, and he was a warm wonderful human being.

Julius L. ("Jerry ") Loeser
Chicago, Illinois