Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 08:01:25 :
Marin Independent Journal
Wednesday, April 3, 2002
Tina (Nonni) Acerbi
Died peacefully on Friday, March 29, 2002 at Marin General Hospital. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Donal Brown of Corte Madera, her grandchildren, David Luis-Brown of Berkeley and Paula Daley of San Rafael, her granddaughter-in-law Tina Luis-Brown, her grandson-in-law John Daley and one great grandchild, Dante Luis-Brown. She was born in San Francisco on July 4, 1907 and relished being a Fourth of July child. Her parents emigrated from Lucca, Italy so Nonni grew up in a loving Italian family, attended Galileo High School and studied piano and opera singing. She later taught piano and sang at weddings and at Italian club events.
Tuesday, April 2, 2002
Tina (Nonni) Acerbi
Died peacefully on Friday, March 29, 2002 at Marin General Hospital. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Donal Brown of Corte Madera, her grandchildren, David Luis-Brown of Berkeley and Paula Daley of San Rafael, her granddaughter-in-law Tina Luis-Brown, her grandson-in-law John Daley and one great grandchild, Dante Luis-Brown. She was born in San Francisco on July 4, 1907 and relished being a Fourth of July child. Her parents emigrated from Lucca, Italy so Nonni grew up in a loving Italian family, attended Galileo High School and studied piano and opera singing. She later taught piano and sang at weddings and at Italian club events. She showed her resilience when, as a single mother, she supported her daughter and stayed a step ahead of increased rents by moving from one apartment to another in San Francisco's Marina district. For over thirty years she worked as a typist for Aetna Insurance in San Francisco and then Sequoia Insurance and Kemper Insurance in Menlo Park.
She learned to drive when she was 55 and drove until she was 92. More than once, while driving on 280, she charmed law enforcement officers out of speeding tickets by telling them that her car just wanted to go that fast, the car was just coasting or that it needed exercise. After she moved to Marin County in 2000, she lived at Drake Terrace, Windchime of Marin and the Greenbrae Care Center. Nonni will be remembered for her devotion to her family, positive attitude towards life, delicious Italian cooking, vacations to Hawaii by herself, insistence that she was 10 years younger than her actual age which led her to retire at the age of 75, and ability to make friends in care facilities. Memorial services will be held at St Patrick's Church in Larkspur at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 5. The family requests that in lieu of flowers contributions be made to the Student Benefits Fund, a support fund for students in need, The Branson School, P.O. Box 887, Ross, CA 94957.
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