THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: Thursday, May 9, 1996 TAG: 9605090333 SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL DATELINE: DURANGO, COLO. LENGTH: Short : 22 lines
Anna Shearer Appenzeller, 99, died May 6, 1996.
Mrs. Appenzeller was born in Massapequa, N.Y., but lived in Portsmouth 91 years before moving to Colorado to be with her son, Willard B. Appenzeller Jr. after the death of her son, Robert Appenzeller in 1988.
She is survived by 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter.
She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, a charter member of the Portsmouth Emblem Club and a telephone operator in the early 1900s.
A memorial will be held on May 12 in Arboles, Colo.
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