Instead of sending flowers we ask that you consider making a contribution in Annie's name to one of these organizations that specialize in helping performers deal with health care:
- The Actor's Fund
- H.A.A.M. - Healthcare Alliance for Austin Musicians
- R.E.S.C.U. - Renaissance Entertainers Services and Crafters United
A Brief
...and Incomplete
Biography
of Anne Putnam
compiled from
the recollections of her children
written by Ky Hote
Anne Cabot Putnam (11/10/25 - 7/24/2012) was born to Charles (Carl)Washburn Putnam and Imogene (Janna) Hogle Putnam in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The oldest of three, her siblings were Charlie Putnam and Mary Churchill. At some point, the Putnams moved to Washington DC. Carl worked for the government during Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. Janna was also politically active. In 1939, the African-American opera singer Marian Anderson was barred from singing to an integrated audience in Constitution Hall. She was then invited to sing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by Eleanor Roosevelt. Janna help start a new organization called "Descendants of the American Revolution," that proudly encompassed the progressive ideals this country was founded on. Though it had a short lifespan, it was resurrected in the 70's by Norman Lear and People for the American Way.
Putnam Camp
Putnam Camp was an early influence on Annie's life as well as her children's lives. Located in Keene Valley, NY within the Adirondack State Park... more specifically at the foot of Giant mountain and in view of Noonmark. Her grandfather Dr. Charles Pickering Putnam, along with her uncle Dr. James Putnam, Dr. Henry Bowditch and philosopher William James rode by horseback from Boston to the Adirondacks in 1875 to find what is now known as Putnam Camp, a place for rustic vacationing or use as a retreat center. Cabins ranged in facilities, and shared meals (and traditions) were served in a grand dining room. Besides the many hiking, swimming and mountain climbing options found nearby, the camp had a popular homemade croquet course. Carl spent his childhood summers there, as did Anne and her siblings. Janna served tea every afternoon, organized plays and other performances with her children, grandchildren and all the children in camp.
At the age of twelve, Annie spent a year in Switzerland attending school at a boarding school where only French was spoken. She retained a conversational knowledge of French all her life. Annie began her college career at Radcliffe College, where she met Charles (Chuck) Rufus Dean whom she married in 1945. Chuck was attending Harvard and they met at rehearsals of a Harvard Dramatic Club’s production of a play called Mashenka. Annie played the title role and Chuck was a "director's assistant." They worked together on summer stock productions and Annie was part of a USO group that brought jitterbug dancing to the stateside troops during World War Two. Their contemporaries included the as yet unknowns, Jack Lemmon, Charlton Heston and theatre critic John Simon.
Mashenka was a large success and led to a busy theater life for Annie. There was screen test and she was offered a chance to go to Hollywood, but turned it down. After a year At Radcliffe, Annie decided she would be happier at Sarah Lawrence, a small college in New York that embraced interdisciplinary learning and gave equal priority to the arts, sciences and humanities. Here Annie was free to focus on her love of the arts and theatre (more about her theatre productions below).
Meanwhile, Chuck's Harvard ROTC was placed on active duty. Upon graduation, he was made an ensign in Naval Reserve. He was ordered to join a ship in the Pacific Ocean. The newly married couple went to San Francisco to wait Chuck‘s ship transfer. After Chuck shipped out, Annie returned to the East Coast and continued her studies at Sarah Lawrence. She graduated with a BA in Theatre in 1947. Chuck returned in 1949 and they settled into New York City. During their marriage of 23 years, they moved around NY state before returning to NYC separately in the 1960's.
Annie and Chuck had four children. Anne Merrick Dean, known first as Amy and now as Merrick was born 6/22/50. Margaret Hollis Dean, known as Peggy, was born 1/11/52. Judith Putnam Dean, known as Judy was born 7/22/54 and Seth Peter Charles Dean, now known as Ky Hote, was born 11/5/60. Annie considered her children to be one of her greatest joys in life and she also loved her grandchildren, Benjamin (Ben) Ishi Putnam Dean-Kawamura (b. 8/1/80), Zachary (Zak) Erastus Daniel Dean (b. 3/7/88) and Moses Guadalupe Morrison (b. 1/22/96).
Annie was very close to her sister, Mary up until her intimely death in 1997. With Jack Churchill, Mary also had four children around the same ages. They were Jean, John, Bill, and Charles (Phred) Churchill, and when they were young both families got together in the summer at the Churchills' place on Cape Cod and for Christmas each year. Mary went on later in her life to become a renowned puppeteer and proprietor of the Puppet Showplace in Brookline, Massachusetts. Annie always enjoyed visiting the Puppet Showplace and seeing Mary and her partner/lover and fellow puppeteer, Paul Vincent Davis.
Another close friend for many years was Pat Peterson (1925-2011), a renowned dancer in the Albany area who co-founded the Dance Alliance. She and Annie were both very influenced by seeing Martha Graham dance with her modern dance company. Annie met many of the dancers from the Martha Graham Dance Company and took classes with them. She was also close with Pearl Primus and with Percival Borde and studied African dance with them. She stayed friends with her niece Jean Churchill who shared her love of dance. Jean is a talented choreographer and a Professor of Dance at Bard College since 1980.
Annie studied acting at HB Studios in NYC with Aaron Frankel in the early 60's and she acted in A Little Lilac Saturday Nights in 1964 or 1965, directed by Frankel. Peggy had a small part in the play also. Annie encouraged all of her children in the arts, acting especially. She coached Judy as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker when Judy was nine. Music also, though she did not consider herself a musician, was a big part of our upbringing. Ky, who went on to major in music in college and perform his own songs regularly, remembers Annie taking him to a concert when he was about 8 featuring Howling Wolf and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
Annie not only got pleasure out of theatre, music and literature, but viewed it with an educated and analytic eye. When Merrick was 10, she remembers Annie taking her to see the musical "My Fair Lady," only Annie insisted on calling it "Pygmalion" - the title of the play by George Bernard Shaw it was adapted from. When Merrick asked why she hadn't called it that, she explained that the original name was the best and most relevant. Furthermore they renamed it because they wanted to sell the product. Consider that "Lady" implied there was a female in the story, and "Fair" implied that she was pretty, and "My" implied that she "belonged" to someone! Merrick was very impressed at the time, and this encouraged her to decipher advertising and the use of language in public discourse.
Annie had many loves in her life besides Chuck. One very significant one was her beloved Ulrich Tull, whom she met in the 1970's and remained involved with until his death in 1983. Tull, as he was known, was friends with all of Annie's children and often made it to holiday celebrations. He involved with the Black Panther movement and espoused non-violence. His Trinidad accent, his stories, and his laughter were a joy to all of us.
Although Annie was not a political organizer, there were many instances of personal activism in her life. No doubt, this was partly due to her parents' introducing her to Marge Crocker, who lived in NYC and held regular open houses that were mixed (blacks and whites). Crocker was was intent on giving black artists a boost and it there that she first met Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly). She always spoke of him with reverence as "quite a man!" Annie was color-blind when it came to people and never understood why you would call someone black or white in your description of them. Perhaps it was also an example of her devotion to being literal in language, because she would point to her skin and say, "My skin isn't white. This typing paper is white. I'm kind of a cream/peach color. That man isn't black, he's coffee brown actually." Here are some examples of Annie's way of protesting bigotry.
On the way home from teaching swing dancing, she and another young woman teacher were getting a ride from two young men who started making derogatory comments about Jews. Knowing her colleague was Jewish, Annie piped up that she was Jewish. The men questioned her last name (Dean at that time) and Annie explained that was her married name. They accepted her statement of being Jewish. This humbled the men without having to embarrass her the other teacher.
At Putnam Camp, around 1968, a guest made conversation with Annie about how she didn't mind black children at her son's school, but she just didn't want them to come to his birthday party in her home. Annie immediately retorted how she understod completely because Annie was just fine with brown-eyed children playing with her son at school, but she certainly was not going to have any brown-eyed people in her house. The brown-eyed woman she was talking to did not have any further comment.
When she was living in Niskayuna NY, near Schenectady, she was close friends with a neighbor. When the neighbor, whom Annie had considered her best friend, moved, Anne was dismayed to find out that they had put their house on the market with the proviso "no colored". Their friendship ended. In Anne's next home, Scarsdale NY, Anne and Chuck were instrumental in establishing the Scarsdale Fair Housing Group, to combat such unfair and racist practices in real estate.
And perhaps not so activist, but in the late 60's or early 70's, she visited Putnam Camp after a long absence. At dinner there was discussion about cutting down some of the trees around camp, because they were obstructing the view. Anne protested that the trees had been there all of her life, and they were beautiful. Another guest responded reasonably, "The trees have grown." Anne came back with a regal pronouncement, "So have I!"
While she was living in Scarsdale and before she and Chuck split, she took classes in computer programming from IBM. At that time, there were no computer courses, let alone degrees, in any colleges. After the split, she moved to New York City in 1966 and rose to the top of her field as a systems analyst, working in COBOL. At this time, computer programmers (such as she) used punch cards. At one point she was working on a project for the state of New York and found a loophole in the parking ticket process. If one sent in a bad check it went into an endless loop getting mailed back & forth to Albany for some reason. She fixed this problem.
In 1966 she began living at 50 West 96th Street in NYC. She lived there until 1976 with Ky and his various siblings at different times and other housemates. Many people came through there, many parties were had and the apartment took on a tribal nature to say the least. Around 1974, her father, Carl, died and with her inheritance she purchased a brownstone building with the intent to live in it while renting most of the apartments. She bought the building 36 West 96th Street and moved there with Ky in the Spring of 1976. Since the two homes were on the same block, the moving plan was simple. We invited all our friends over for a huge moving party and carried everything over in the daylight and partied through the evening. The party included a fundraiser card game called "Babel" where you could buy hands to play with and the money was donated to the United Farm Workers.
Annie lived in her brownstone until she moved to Austin, TX in 1996. Her employment in the computer industry became more sporadic and she set about working at her goal of becoming a "Woman of Leisure" as she put it. She had hoped to invest her money and be able to live off of that and the rent from the apartments while focusing on theatre as well as pursuing her other interests. Annie never did become monetarily wealthy, but found her fortune in her friends and family. Despite this, she was always generous with her friends and family and also any charitable organizations that she wanted to contribute to. She often hired friends or family when she had tasks that needed doing, from gardening and computer work to caring for her when she was ill later in life.
Annie loved her gardens. Although she lived in a brownstone in New York City, she took the ground floor apartment with a yard in the back that she cultivated as a garden (about 20' x 10'). A garden to her was not vegetables, but pretty flowers, bushes - whatever she could grow with ease and all the purples, greens yellow and salmons of the earth delighted her. When she moved to Austin, she lived in a house with a much bigger back yard and she cultivated it much the same. It was somewhere between xeriscaping and environmental anarchy.
In her last resume, she listed her special skills as "Laughing; Shakespeare; Speak French, ASL (some); Work well with children, animals, machines; Tai Chi." One notable one she left off was her talent for crocheting blankets, afghans and other simple pieces. Annie knew only one crochet stitch, the shell stitch, and had no interest in shaping garments. Her interest was colors and color combinations. Annie began crocheting in earnest in the 80's and kept up with it until the last years of her life, when it was physically impossible. Each one was unique, labored on with love, and bursting with color. She loved to give them to her friends and her special joy was to celebrate the birth of a child with a baby blanket. The last one she made was delivered to Maria Perez Zyman in 2010.
Also in the 80's Annie began a spiritual journey when she started attending transformational seminars by the group Insight. Insight helped lead her to her inner self, live in the present and see an outside influence in her life. What some people call God or Goddess, Annie identified as Creativity. When she moved to Austin she became a member of MSIA (Movement for Inner Spiritual Awareness), which followed the teachings of John-Roger, who said "The Soul is the energy of God manifesting in the physical body." In MSIA, she participated in the Peace Theological Seminary course that qualified her to be a MSIA "minister" and learned about the tools of meditation and affirmations. That led her to ILM (Inner Light Ministries). She went to seminars and meetings up until she left Austin. At one of the seminars of ILM, she was encouraged to personify her personal deity and she identified Eleanor Roosevelt as what may be described as her spiritual guide.
Annie was involved in theatre for much of her life. Certainly ever since her college life when when she was involved with summer stock productions. When she and Chuck lived in Schenectady, they formed the Lyric Theater Company. They produced The Elizabethan Revels, an adaptation of the final scene of Midsummer's Night including Elizabethan Music and Dance, as well as The Shoemakers Prodigious Wife, where Annie played "The Wife, Merrick played "The Boy" and Peggy also had a bit part. In the the Fort Hill Players produstion of The Crucible, she played an earlier historical Ann Putnam! When she returned to acting in the 80's she studied with Earle Hyman (who played Bill Cosby's father on The Cosby Show), which led to her playing Cecily Neville, Richard III's mother, to Geoffrey Owens's Richard III in 1991. Owens (who played Bill Cosby's son-in-law on The Cosby Show) also directed the production for the Brooklyn Shakespeare Company. She was also noted in Elle Magazine for her contribution to Women In Beckett directed by Moises Kaufman and The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard.
When Annie decided she needed to move out of New York City, she wanted to find a place that was not as big, but big enough to have some theatre and other arts for her to get involved with. That and the fact that her grandson Moses Morrison had been born to Ky and Owl Morrison led her to buy a house in Austin. Austin was also attractive because Insight seminars were held there. As soon as she moved there, she started to get involved with theatre there. The fact that Annie was such a talented actress and also was an elderly woman opened doors for her right away. Then when her colleagues saw how fearlessly she embraced unusual or avant garde roles, she had many invitations to perform not only on the stage, but in short films as well. The Vortex Theatre was one of her favorite Austin venues. The Producing Artistic Director Bonnie Cullum and Annie had mutual admiration for each other. Two shows she acted in there were Norm L and Heaving Shadows At The Skin Show - both of these were adventurous groundbreaking productions to say the least. The Austin American-Statesman noted her performance in Norm L as illuminate the audience as to the play's message. They called her "...an actress who knows how to become transformed as her character matures emotionally."
At some point, Annie joined the B. Iden Payne Awards Council, an organization comprised of volunteers tasked with viewing and nominating outstanding production elements in Austin Theatre. This gave her the opportunity to see that outstanding performances had a chance to be recognized and she was happy that she got tickets to see so many shows! She tried earnestly to see as many shows as she could and since she would receive two tickets to each show, she invited friends and family to join her often. But typical of Annie, if she found a show to be of particular excellence, she would buy more tickets and give them to her friends to go see the show. This was true of books she loved as well.
Other Austin productions she acted in include Richard III, Uncle Vanya, Importance of being Earnest, House of Bernarda Alba, Screwed into the Book of Love, Juncture and the short film, Oldies But Goodies. She also performed with Ky and Owl at their 2001 Tribute to John Hartford, reading some of his poetry. Her most noted performance and her last major one was Felicity in The Shadow Box. The Austin Chronicle mentions her in their review, calling her "totally convincing." Indeed, the part was one that was close to what she was currently going through at the time and her portrayal was quite moving. The Rubber Repertory Company, one of Annie's favorites in Austin, presented an unusual show called The Casket of Passing Fancy where audience members got to choose events they could go to and one of them was to witness a live birth and Annie played the part of the delivering mother in that.
When she left Austin, she was missed by many people. She had a large community of friends in her last years in Austin, many of whom helped to care for her. If I started naming all the people that were special friends to her, I know I'd be leaving someone out. Suffice to say that when it came time for people to help by just sitting with her during the times when she couldn't get out of bed, there were many volunteers. Of course, she may have asked them to do a few things for her while they were there as well. Annie liked to believe she was in control of her environment and she was often lovingly referred to as a very regal presence in her house.
In 2010, due to the seriousness of her illness and her encroaching poverty, Annie decided to sell her house and move back to New York. She first lived at the home of Peggy and her husband David Willinger in New York City, where she could be close to Merrick as well. Soon she then up moved to Rochester, NY to Judy and her partner Mark Zullo's house, where she enjoyed being closer to trees and greenery again. She was cared for fastidiously by Judy, Ben and other friends and family members, some of whom traveled great distances to visit her. She died peacefully in the company of Judy, Peggy, Ben, Ben's partner Kristine and a hospice nurse.
Although she had been hanging on to life despite many setbacks in the last couple years, on July 23rd, 2012, she announced to Judy that she was ready to go and within 12 hours, she stepped over into a new existence. There is a void in our world now due to her moving on. Her courage and the spark she brought to life always touched everyone who met her. Her love for the arts and her willingness to share her talent was an inspiration to everyone that knew her. When you honor creativity, you honor Anne Putnam. Please keep her in the light as she will continue to keep you in the light.
Remembrances:
(in no particular order...)Glad to hear that she remained feisty till the end. She looked absolutely happy surrounded by flowers in her gardens. I remember helping her setup her long rectangular flower pots on the roof of 36, 96th street, also her ranting about the blossoms in her window pots at 50 west. She always managed to figure out how to make the most of what was available to her.
... Joe Rodriguez
I remember Annie taking Merrick, Peggy and me to the musical "Roar of the Greasepaint, Smell of the Crowd." At one point she laughed so much & so loud amongst a rather quiet audience. In response Cyril Ritchard, completely in character, leaned over towards her and said "Thank you Madame." I was very impressed.
... Judy Dean
our lives are forever shaped by those we encounter, and annie's strong personality and unique touch on life definitely touched ours.
...Efrat & Dan
I worked with her on "Shadow Box" and giggled at her honest comments and brilliant mind. I got to see her a few days before I left Austin, and she gave me a perfect porcelain Siamese cat. Every time I look at it, I think of her.
...Michelle Cheney
Anne Putnam (helped) us out with The Casket of Passing Fancy offer of "Who wants to witness a real live birth?" The audience member who selected this offer wasn't able to make it to Anne's house on the day of delivery, but Anne insisted on having the baby anyway. So committed!
Grateful that I got to know this fascinating woman who was difficult in all the right ways. We were on the Payne Committee for three years together, and I also had the pleasure of directing her in this workshop of a Dan Basila play. Anne didn't let her age or physical condition get in the way of practicing her art and making sure that her opinions, insightful and generous and sometimes prickly, were always part of the conversation. I look forward to hearing her ever-so-distinctive voice in my head for years to come...
...Josh Meyer
Love and blessings, Anne, to your beautiful soul as you travel into the Light. You are greatly loved and appreciated by those whose lives you have touched.
...Jann Hunter
I worked with Anne Putnam in Richard III, and saw her at many theatrical events over the years. She was always a delight to be around and to talk to. The world was richer for having her in it.
...Robert Stevens
Rest in Peace, Beloved Annie. You have always been blessed and have been a blessing to all who knew you. You must have received a glorious welcome on the other side. God Bless YOU.
...Mark Rose
Rest in peace Anne...you will be greatly missed...Thank you for your patronage, and your beautiful soul!
...David Stokey
She was a dear sweet lady who enriched my life with such peace, wisdom and zest for life. Jason Abati and I loved her dearly.
...Traci Smith Abati
Whenever I knew that Anne Putnam was in the audience, I always tried harder. Honored to have known her.
...Rudy Ramirez I feel a great sense of loss. She was perfect as Miss Prism in "The Importance of Being Ernest". I feel honored to have been in the same cast with her. She was special. And our production won the 2001 B. Iden Payne Best Comedy Award. You can find the cast photos through sambasstheatre.org.
...Dave Mikol
Annie was a grand being , and raised amazing children. Ya'll are in my heart and prayers. Annie was so kind to me-I so appreciate the times I spent with her.
...Marylou Knapp
She did have a wonderful life.
...Adam Redfield
I am so lucky I got to know her. Such great stories she told, a very valiant soul. RIP.
...Hilmar Moore
She was weak, but her eyes and mind were still full of life when I saw her last week.
I met her in the early eighties (before Renaissance Festivals for me) in New York. She gave me my first good acting lesson, which gave me tools that I still use in my work and music.
...Jim Hancock
she was a truly amazing woman, and I for one am glad I got to know her, and her son and the rest of the family
...Carolyn Norulak
i enjoyed talking w/ her many yrs ago
...Joe Rocha
I remember her as a trendously free spirit and warm, loving woman
...Penelope Higgins
I am glad to have known her when I did. I remember her stories of Eleanor Roosevelt
...Shani Abell
I knew Annie for many years in Austin, Texas, and loved and admired her. I remember doing a women's workshop with her and the things that she shared about being a mom in the time that she lived was amazing, the challenges she dealt with, she was (ahead of) her time in many ways, and it inspired and freed me to be me. She was a unique gift to the world!
I will always remember Annie with great fondness, affection and humor. She touched me in some very deep ways, as a woman, mother, artist and friend. Peace, Love and Light to all of you, and to Annie.
Beautiful lady, beautiful soul free and full of light!!!
Thank you for the Light you brought into this world! Knowing you has been such a gift in many ways, wishing you a Loving journey home to your beautiful Goddess within.
...Raquelle Godbey
She was so very kind and encouraging, and such a loyal supporter of the VORTEX and theater overall. She burned a lovely light, and we will miss her
...Content Love Knowles
Love her. Quick to laugh, ready to share her gifts. What a gal. She is missed
...Pam Fletcher Friday
I'll never forget her auditioning for the role of "God" for Windows. Such an inspiration!
...Ananda Moss
She was a lovely lady and will be sorely missed
...Michelle Shumaker Polgar
Thank you Bonnie for letting us know. I always loved looking out in the audience and seeing her smiling back, enjoying every trip that we dared to take her on. I served on the B Iden Payne committee with Anne and her wit was unmatched and her love of the arts was beyond compare. Godspeed sweet sweet lady!
...Wray Crawford
She has been missed since leaving Austin and will be doubly missed now
...Judy Matetzschk-Campbell
Anne loved Artaud :) What a trip.
...Heather Barfield
She was a kind and beautiful soul
...J Richard Smith
Theatre had a rare friend in Anne and theatre in Austin especially
...Robert Faires
Anne once told me a story about how she and her (ex)-husband had staged peaceful protests when citizens of their all white neighborhood tried to keep it segregated. Once they made their stand, many joined them, and they helped stamp out one of our country’s most profound social injustices within their community. That story has always stuck with me, and is a small insight into her great character. Civil rights activist, actress, joyful patron, friend. RIP, Grande Lady.
...Andreá Suzanne Rebecca Smith
She was a light
...Skipper Chong Warson
A real nice gal
...Henry V Fitzgerald Jr
She was a beautiful person, inside and out.
...Melissa Vogt-Patterson
What a grand lady she was.
...Shanon Weaver
She lived a full life as an actress and even did a few VORTEX shows--NormL and Heaving Shadows at the Skin Show. She was one of our most faithful patrons.
... Bonnie Cullum
Annie will always be in my heart, and her wonderful spirit was truly a gift to me, and to all who knew her.
...Vicki
I didn't know Annie well but I always admired her high-spiritedness and love of life.
...Overton, Linda K
I was just telling someone how much your mother helped me find Luna Tart in myself. She was an amazing woman.
...Laura Freeman
she was a remarkable woman.
...Jane Newchurch
Light to her Soul as it soars on to its next grand adventure. And Light to you and all the family and friends who loved her.
...Martha Boston
I served on the B. Iden Payne Committee with your mother for several years. She was well-liked by everyone in the group, including myself, and she will be missed.
...Charles Stites
She will be missed by so many whose lives she has touched.
...David Claflin
Anne was a wonderful lady.
...skipper chong warson
Annie was one of a kind.
...Jay Erwin-Grotsky
The little I knew her it was so clear that she did, indeed, love life and was curious about everything around her--one of the very best attributes to have for living one's life.
...Judi Arnold
She was a fine and creative soul...Loved her....
...Jimbro Lutz
She was very kind to me, and I'll always appreciate that
...Betty Shaw
Your Mom was an amazing woman
...Jean Churchill
Annie was truely a inspiration. I 'm glad I got to know her.
...Rog Wall
Her gift of a life well-lived will continue to inspire many of us. Much love to Anne as she embarks on her next grand adventure in spirit.
...Grace Meyer
I knew your mother only slightly. The first time was when my wife (at the time) and I were camping at the Boquet, and I wanted to have her see Camp meet whoever was there. Encountering Anne was was the best! After a delightful time with her on the Stoop porch, we spent a weekend at her NY apartment the following spring -- and then my wife and I broke up, my life took a different course, and I lost contact with your mother. But whenever I swim at a secluded spot in a mountain brook she told me about so we'd have a place to go skinny-dipping with friends, I always think of her. And when I die, I think that that is where I want some of my ashes sprinkled.
...Bill Joplin
Anne lived a very FULL life, and that's the way I'll remember her!
...Tim
An elegant and powerful larger than life figure she is to me and what an honour to be around her.
...Brian Cutean
She so enriched my life. We had the best of times going to see Tapestry Dance performances and plays together. She raised a bunch of really creative and special kids too.
...Lois
your Mom was a force of life and not to be mourned, but celebrated. Not an ordinary Mom, she moved in her own orbit.
...Olga Weiss
what an amazing soul she is
...Barbara "Chrisma" McIntyre
I am very lucky to have had Anne in my life. She had a cozy relationship with her truth and I was lucky enough to have her share it with me for a time.
...Wilma Campbell
Susan and I met your once while you visiting her about 23 years ago such a sweet woman
...Robert Wilson