Louise Lacey Obituary

Louise Lacey
May 17, 1940 - May 12, 2020
Louise Lacey, writer, feminist and advocate for restoration of California native plants, passed away one year ago from a heart attack. Due to Covid, a memorial was not held.
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Louise was raised in Tamalpais Valley in the family home originally built as a summer house by her grandparents in 1910. She spent her childhood exploring the hills and streams of southern Marin, and eventually settled in the Berkeley Hills, where she often admired the view of the San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate Bridge and Mt. Tamalpais.
A proud member of the Tamalpais High School Class of 1957, Louise majored in Journalism at San Francisco State College. Her writing career encompassed her best known book, "Lunaception", which explored traditional ways of natural family planning, "Woman's Choice", a newsletter by and for women on topics of interest to women in all stages of life, and "Growing Native", which educated readers and researchers on native plants from the rich diverse climatological regions of California. Several trips to Southern Mexico and Guatemala led to an enduring interest in the mayan people. A tech writer by day, Louise often spent weekends hiking the hills with friends from the West Coast Dowsers, searching for her Power Places.
Louise is survived by her sister, Laura Lacey Caldwell, nephew, Andrew, niece, Lucy, and their children. She was predeceased by her parents, Lewis and Alice (Freiermuth) Lacey, and son, Michael Davis.
A memorial gathering will be held in Berkeley on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Email laura.ca [email protected] for details. To express condolences, go to sfgate.com/obituaries

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Published by San Francisco Chronicle from May 31 to Jun. 4, 2021.

Memories and Condolences
for Louise Lacey

3 Entries

Caroline Santos

April 9, 2025

Hello , I have come across the book The Great cosmic mother by Monica Sjoo and Barbara Mor and came across Lacey`s work and am very interested in reading her book Lunaception. I would like to say that even though I never had the privilege to meet her I get to have the privilege of knowing that she knew things that scientists could never figure out because she was a human of light, I hope to meet her in the next plan and give hr a hug, now i`m off to getting this book in hands. Thank you very much ! May you continue to shine bright like a star Louise Lacy, we all love and miss you very much.

Carol Porter Bellah

March 1, 2023

My name is Carol Porter Bellah. My husband Raymond L. Bellah and Louise attended Tam high school at the same time. Much later post lunaception Ray and I rented her family home in Tam Valley. Later about the time of Women's Choice also about the time Keven Collin's went missing in San Francisco we came together in ernest to start thinking about how we could help missing children find their way home. We felt that not all of the missing were kept isolated or totally out of the public eye. We named our plan "OPEN ARMS" we were serious in our attempt to develop a method by which a missing/abducted child could some how signal a distress sign to a stranger who would be prepared to understand and react by calling police. The signal was simple and safe. Attract the attention of some one in a public place get eye contact and with a finger Draw a tear running down his/her face. Of course there were a lot of kinks such how to prepare a public to react properly. Of course we wanted and hoped to get this project to someone who could pull it altogether. Collectively we missed the mark and failed to accomplish our mission.

We remained good friends. Shared laugh's at one of Louise and Ray's h.s. reunion, shared her sixty year birthday with her (of course it was held in the wooded hills of Berkley). My grettest affection for Louise was her laugh used often and with love. We lost track when her sister moved her and I just today (3-1-2023) discovered she had passed due to covid. Louise you were and still am a remarkable woman. Love always from us to you. If you run across Ray where you are give him my love also. Carol P.

Katherine Alexander

June 3, 2021

Michael Davis was her son....so glad they were able to connect later in life.....may both of them be connected in the great beyond.

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