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Mary Ann Matheson |
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20 Des 1944 |
Carmel, Monterey County, California, USA [1] |
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Kvinne |
| Folketelling |
1950 |
Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California, USA [2] |
1950 Census of Population And Housing
Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California
Name: Mary Ann Matheson
Relation to head of family: Daughter
Household Data
- Name of Street, avenue, or road: 862 Short Street
- Is this house on a farm (or ranch)? No
- Is this house on a place of three or more acres? No
Personal Description
- Race: White
- Sex: Female
- How old was he on his last birthday? 5
- Marital condition: Never Married
- What State (or foreign country) was he born in? California
Family in same household:
1) Stanley T. Matheson (Head, 44)
2) Anna N. Matheson (Wife, 42)
3) Marcia J. Matheson (Daughter, 10)
4) Mary Ann Matheson (Daughter, 5)
5) Mary E. Maclachlan (Mother-in-law, 69) |
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Stanley Theodore Matheson (1906-1988) with family - United States Census 1950
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| Død |
2 Des 2023 |
Taos County, New Mexico, USA |
| Minneord / Nekrolog |
6 Feb 2024 [3] |
Mary Ann Matheson Obituary
Mary Ann passed away peacefully at home in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico on Saturday, December 2, 2023 with her family and extended family in attendance.
Mary Ann was born in Carmel, California in 1944 to Anna and Stanley Matheson. Mary Ann grew up in the neighboring town of Pacific Grove. After attending Pacific Grove High School, she went to University of California, Berkeley.
Mary Ann was inspired by John F. Kennedy's inaugural address in 1961 and joined the Peace Corps immediately after graduating from "Cal Berkeley" in 1966. She was posted to Niger with the Peace Corps from 1966-1968 and taught English at the secondary school level.
In 1969 upon returning to the US, she married fellow Peace Corps volunteer Mathew Morrison. Mary Ann and Mathew lived in San Francisco and later moved to Gold Hill, Colorado where they lived until they divorced in 1978.
After leaving Gold Hill, Mary Ann decided to partake in a sitting meditation retreat at the Lama Foundation, located outside of Taos. She ended up staying six years at Lama and the experience transformed her outlook on life. While at Lama, Mary Ann met her future husband Cassim Dunn. Mary Ann and Cassim loved the Taos area and decided to base themselves there with his son, Sean, eventually marrying and building a lovely home together in Arroyo Seco.
Cassim and Mary Ann hosted a yearly "apple squeeze" for the neighborhood which became a well-loved annual event. Mary Ann was a talented gardener and created unusual flower beds and bouquets which were painted by some of Taos' most renowned artists. She was generous with her beautiful flowers and garden vegetables, giving them to friends, neighbors and service providers, as well as selling amazing dahlia bouquets at the weekly Farmer's Market in Taos.
Mary Ann's passion for meditation and cooking came together with an opportunity in 1985 to become part of the retreat staff at St. Benedict's Monastery a Cistercian (Trappist) monastic community in Snowmass, Colorado. She would travel to Snowmass from Taos numerous times every year to participate in these retreats and this activity was the cornerstone of her professional activity until 2016 when she retired to take care of her husband, Cassim.
Mary Ann was beautiful in mind, body, and spirit. She will be remembered by those who loved her as an incredibly warm, giving, and thoughtful person, as well as a prolific traditional letter writer. She wrote letters everyday and maintained correspondence with far-flung family and friends all over the globe.
Mary Ann is survived by her nephew Geoff Norris and niece Mary Ann Norris, as well as her step-daughter Shannon and step-son Sean Dunn.
A memorial service will be held in 2024 once the birds begin to sing and the flowers begin to bloom.
Arrangements by Rivera Family Funeral Home. To share a memory, please visit our website at www.riverafuneralhome.com |
Søsken |
1 søster |
| + | 1. Marcia Jane Matheson, f. 20 Mai 1939, Tulare County, California, USA d. 20 Feb 2014, Monterey, Monterey County, California, USA (Alder 74 år) ▻ Edward Janney Norris, g. 5 Sep 1959 | | > | 2. Mary Ann Matheson, f. 20 Des 1944, Carmel, Monterey County, California, USA d. 2 Des 2023, Taos County, New Mexico, USA (Alder 78 år) | |
| Person ID |
I23792 |
Servan Homme |
| Sist endret |
5 Sep 2025 |
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Stanley Theodore Matheson, f. 31 Mar 1906, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA d. 21 Sep 1988, Monterey, California, USA (Alder 82 år) |
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Anna Newell MacLachlan, f. 31 Jan 1908, Ludlowville, Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, USA d. 3 Nov 1977, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California, USA (Alder 69 år) |
| Ekteskap |
9 Okt 1931 |
Alameda County, California, USA [4] |
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Stanley Theodore Matheson (1906-1988) and Anna Newell MacLachlan (1908-1977) - Marriage Certificate (California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941)
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Stanley Theodore Matheson (1906-1988) and Anna Newell MacLachlan (1908-1977) - Marriage (Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, Friday, October 16, 1931) Social Events
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Maclachlan announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Anna Maclachlan to Stanley T. Matheson, Friday, October 9, in Berkeley, Calif. The ceremony which took place at the home of Mrs. Rose Marx, a friend of both families, was performed by Rev. Penrose Hirst, student pastor at St. Mark’s Episcopal church. The bride was unattended but was given in marriage by her father. Only the members of the immediate family and a few close friends were present. The rooms of the Marx home were lighted only by candlelight and the floral decorations were in autumn shades ranging from yellow to bronze and brown.
Mrs. Matheson was gowned in a modish ensemble of black chiffon velvet with garnitures of ecru lace.
Following the ceremony the couple went to Carmel-by-the-Sea for a brief honeymoon, following which they will be at home to their friends at 2516 Ridge road.
The bride is a graduate of the University of Arizona in the class of 1929. During her collegiate course she was a popular member of Pi Beta Phi social sorority; president of Mortar Board, honorary senior society for women, and president of Pi Lambda Theta, honorary education sorority during her senior year. She was also a member of F. S. T. honorary junior society. Last year she taught English in the Safford junior high school. This past summer she has been taking a graduate course at the University of California.
Mr. Matheson is a graduate of the University of California and has held a teaching fellowship at his alma mater during the past year. Both he and Mrs. Matheson will continue their graduate studies. |
| Alder ved ekteskap |
Han : 25 år og 7 måneder - Hun : 23 år og 9 måneder. |
| Famile ID |
F8515 |
Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram |