Saturday, February 20, 2021
In the midst of my initial grief, I did not include in Anna's obit, so many thoughts about Anna that have been flooding over me since her passing. As a teenager Anna was 1 of the cool ones. Because of her & my sister Mary the younger kids were always able to play ball in the neighborhood because they were the best players. She also coached 1 of the intramural teams I was on. Her nick name was Anna Banana & that always makes me smile. Following her college graduation (HFCC) she found her niche in retail, starting with management training at KMart, eventually traveling and working in their corporate offices in New Jersey, while living on Staten Island. She eventually opened a restaurant in NY - Babette's. When she returned to MI she went back to retail and managed 1, then all 4 Kitchen Glamour stores where she merged her retail experience and her love of food & cooking. She especially loved arranging cooking demos with local, national & international chefs until they closed in 2011. The final leg of her career was at Costco, which she also loved, managing the Membership and Marketing and eventually the Photo dept at the Livonia store until she officially retired.
