Anita Rose Derby

Anita Derby POWAY, California - Anita Stammen Derby, 65, passed away peacefully on April 14, 2008, after a short illness. Funeral Service will be 10:30 am on May 29, 2008, at St. Michael's Catholic Church of Poway. In lieu of flowers, you are welcome to make a donation in her memory. If you wish to do so, please make it to the church or charity of your choice. Anita Rose Stammen was born on December 31, 1942, in Minster, Ohio. She married Nate Derby II of West Alexandria, Ohio, on February 6, 1965. She graduated from Eaton High School of Eaton, Ohio in 1960. In 1963, she graduated from Ohio University with a physical education degree. In the 1985, she completed her graduate work at California State Poly Pomona for her California teaching credential. Although her total teaching time was less than eight years, she did teach in Ohio, Massachesetts, Rhode Island, Iowa and California. Anita and her husband lived in Muscatine from 1971 to 1978 and from 1987 to 2002. She enjoyed the many friends she made while living there. She was an accomplished artist. In recent years she has been a member of the San Diego Water Color Society, the Rancho Bernardo Art Associat...[more]

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, the Fallbrook Art Association and the North County Society of Fine Arts. She loved living in Southern California. She played tennis with a passion, enjoyed the adventure of travel and liked being near the beach. She was an extremely vibrant and talented woman. She will be greatly missed by her friends and family. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, her daughter Lisa Derby, son Nate III and wife, Andrea; grandchildren, Ella and Nate IV; brothers Kenneth and wife, Linda, and Gary Stammen and sister Kathy Lehman and husband, David. She is preceded in death by her parents Ivo and Lillian Stammen and her sister-in-law Karen Stammen.