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In Memory of FairAnna
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In Loving Memory
Anna Alexander
SeniorLearn Poetry Discussion Leader and dear Friend
Our Fairanna passed away on June 14, 2011. She will be greatly missed.
View some photos of Anna with SeniorLearn FriendsAnna's obituaryAnna's essays and poems
can it be? summer is nearly gone?
the dog days of August are upon us
and Autumn waits to sing her song
the day light hours are less
morning arrives a bit later
and evening comes too soon
spring green leaves have deepened
now heavy their darker brow
throws a dusky shadow
upon the grass aged lawn
hidden in the dogwood bough
berries of bitter green
wait the cool of autumn
to bring forth their scarlet gowns
each day ancient leaves of gold
whisper their last good-byes
and flutter to the ground
there is no joy in their passing
though I welcome cooler days
nights beneath cold etched stars
my soul prepares to slumber
like bulbs beneath the ground
tentatively it hopes
in spring it will awaken
among the verdant grass
in Eden's hallowed ground
anna alexander 7/28/01
MaryPage:
I knew Anna and am deeply grieved to hear of her death. She was a very cheery person, despite her profound deafness. Very intellectual, a wonderful poet, a very loyal friend, and a great cook. She adored her family and her late husband.
We met in Fredericksburg, Virginia at a Senior Net mini-bash that Jean Lockwood had set up in a tea shoppe there. Robby was there, and Richard (died years ago) and several others. We met after that in various places around Virginia. In September 2000 I moved to Annapolis to be near a larger number of my family. I never saw Anna again, though we kept in touch until recently.
God speed, Dear Friend and Beautiful Soul.
Tomereader1:
Didn't know Anna personally, only through SN and SeniorLearn. Her lovely poems brought me to tears more than once, and I loved her courage and spunkiness! Heaven has a bright new Angel!
ANNIE:
We will all miss dear Anna. She was a very special person. I will never forget all the cooking she and Eloise did when we rented that big old house on the beach. And Robbie was the only man there. What a ball we had that week.
Anna was a friend to one of my neighbors here in Gahanna, OH, and had visited Pat in previous years. They were Air Force wives whose husbands were pilots. They lived in the same block and spent many times together while raising their children. I brought Anna pictures of Pat and her grown children when we SN visited D.C..
Oh, Anna, you will be so missed but I am glad that I knew you while you served this site and over on SN. Prayers for you and your family (of which we consider ourselves a part).
pedln:
Anna was a hostess with the mostess, and it was treat to visit her because she made you feel so welcome. From the tales she told I know that many benefitted from her wonderful hospitality. Nothing fazed her. Someone from far away was coming East for two different conferences. Could she stay inbetween times with Anna? Of course, so what if they two months apart. Another friend from the West Coast was visiting Anna and the east coast for the first time. “What would you like to see while you’re here in the east,” asked Anna. “Graceland,” answered her guest. And they hopped in the car and went. It didn’t matter that it was 600 miles away in Nashville. It’s no wonder everybody loved because she had a heart as big as the world that opened up to so many. We will miss her
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