The residents of
Mussey Grade Road fondly remember our friend and neighbor, Juliette
Savary Sproul pictured here with her husband Fred Sproul. She died on
Good Friday, March 29, 2002. She was an example of dedication and care
which we will all strive to live up to on Mussey Grade. She taught
kindergarden through eighth grades for thirty years. She held a masters
degree in human development from Pacific Oaks College. She served as
chair of the Peace and Environment Committee of the San Diego
Association for the Education of Young Children. She was a master
gardener and a master tracker. She helped establish the Mt. Woodson
Wildlife Trackers. She was actively involved in the Mussey Grade Road
Alliance helping to preserve our habitat and animals. We will fondly
remember all her love and encouragement as we grow native oaks along the
grade in her honor.
Fondly we remember our friend and neighbor, Ann Bowen Varnado. Mussey Grade celebrated her passing on March 21, 2003 - her favorite day of the year, the spring equinox. Ann worked in structural engineering and for SDG&E as an electric designer, but her real contributions to this world came from her deep appreciation and quiet respect for the natural world which she politically and financially supported. She volunteered many hours at Ramona schools, 4-H, United States Pony Club, Project Wildlife, Mussey Grade Road Alliance and the Ramona Tree Trust. She worked to replant and care for the trees along Ramona's colonnade. She had two daughters and five grandchildren, and her daughter- Chi shares this thought that Ann's many friends also feel. "Many things that we encounter in the natural world remind us of her: blades of grass, trickling streams, and the breeze blowing through the leaves of the towering trees. We know that she will be forever in our hearts." Diane Conklin spoke for us all when she shared, "Ann is in my blood. In photographs she took and printed to record our history and our loveliness. In the monthly minutes of the Ramona Tree Trust which she religiously recorded. In the water tank she provided for watering our new trees in town. In the presentations she- she who did not relish the limelight- made to the Ramona Planning Group and the Board of Supervisors on behalf of our historic and beloved Mussey Grade." The Ramona Tree Trust has mapped out 25 trees to plant in downtown Ramona and Ann's co-workers will honor her and her memory as they plant and care for them. |
Ann Bowen Varnado
Ann's PoemCaring and sharing
|