Aletha Burgess
Aletha Burgess died Dec. 30, 1999, in the loving presence of her son, Dan Burgess and her daughter-in-law, Sharon Porter, both of Pagosa Springs.
Mrs. Burgess was born to Martha Krug and Armin Reinhold Friedman in 1910 in Great Bend, Kan.
She moved to Hollywood, Calif., in 1924 where she played basketball for Hollywood High. Always drawn to the visual arts, Mrs. Burgess won scholarships that paid for her extensive training in jewelry making, pottery, charcoals and oil painting at the Otis Institute, Chouinard School of Art and the Arts Center in Los Angeles. Her paintings were shown at the art schools, in private collections, the Los Angeles County Museum and San Diego County Museum.
She later married George Denny Burgess and bore two children, Dan and Susan. Susan is an accomplished architect who resides in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., with her husband, Bill Landreth.
Mrs. Burgess' greatest struggle in life was the inability to support the sensitivity required to being a fine artist while still being a good wife and mother. She gave up painting to care for dying relatives, attend the needs of her family and grew a beautiful garden at her home in Pasadena, Calif. After her husband's death from cancer in 1964, she worked as manager and top salesperson of the silver department for Robinson's Department Store in Pasadena until her retirement.
Mrs. Burgess moved to Pagosa Springs in 1997 from Carlsbad, Calif., to be near her son, Dan. She enjoyed her views of the mountains, clouds and trees. She loved to watch the ducks as they bobbed and swam on Pagosa lakes. She never lost her sense of wonder about nature, and would wait for hours for the delight of seeing a crow or a wren fly by her window.
A private family ceremony is planned.
Aletha Burgess died Dec. 30, 1999, in the loving presence of her son, Dan Burgess and her daughter-in-law, Sharon Porter, both of Pagosa Springs.
Mrs. Burgess was born to Martha Krug and Armin Reinhold Friedman in 1910 in Great Bend, Kan.
She moved to Hollywood, Calif., in 1924 where she played basketball for Hollywood High. Always drawn to the visual arts, Mrs. Burgess won scholarships that paid for her extensive training in jewelry making, pottery, charcoals and oil painting at the Otis Institute, Chouinard School of Art and the Arts Center in Los Angeles. Her paintings were shown at the art schools, in private collections, the Los Angeles County Museum and San Diego County Museum.
She later married George Denny Burgess and bore two children, Dan and Susan. Susan is an accomplished architect who resides in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., with her husband, Bill Landreth.
Mrs. Burgess' greatest struggle in life was the inability to support the sensitivity required to being a fine artist while still being a good wife and mother. She gave up painting to care for dying relatives, attend the needs of her family and grew a beautiful garden at her home in Pasadena, Calif. After her husband's death from cancer in 1964, she worked as manager and top salesperson of the silver department for Robinson's Department Store in Pasadena until her retirement.
Mrs. Burgess moved to Pagosa Springs in 1997 from Carlsbad, Calif., to be near her son, Dan. She enjoyed her views of the mountains, clouds and trees. She loved to watch the ducks as they bobbed and swam on Pagosa lakes. She never lost her sense of wonder about nature, and would wait for hours for the delight of seeing a crow or a wren fly by her window.
A private family ceremony is planned.
Aletha Burgess
Aletha Burgess died Dec. 30, 1999, in the loving presence of her son, Dan Burgess and her daughter-in-law, Sharon Porter, both of Pagosa Springs.
Mrs. Burgess was born to Martha Krug and Armin Reinhold Friedman in 1910 in Great Bend, Kan.
She moved to Hollywood, Calif., in 1924 where she played basketball for Hollywood High. Always drawn to the visual arts, Mrs. Burgess won scholarships that paid for her extensive training in jewelry making, pottery, charcoals and oil painting at the Otis Institute, Chouinard School of Art and the Arts Center in Los Angeles. Her paintings were shown at the art schools, in private collections, the Los Angeles County Museum and San Diego County Museum.
She later married George Denny Burgess and bore two children, Dan and Susan. Susan is an accomplished architect who resides in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., with her husband, Bill Landreth.
Mrs. Burgess' greatest struggle in life was the inability to support the sensitivity required to being a fine artist while still being a good wife and mother. She gave up painting to care for dying relatives, attend the needs of her family and grew a beautiful garden at her home in Pasadena, Calif. After her husband's death from cancer in 1964, she worked as manager and top salesperson of the silver department for Robinson's Department Store in Pasadena until her retirement.
Mrs. Burgess moved to Pagosa Springs in 1997 from Carlsbad, Calif., to be near her son, Dan. She enjoyed her views of the mountains, clouds and trees. She loved to watch the ducks as they bobbed and swam on Pagosa lakes. She never lost her sense of wonder about nature, and would wait for hours for the delight of seeing a crow or a wren fly by her window.
A private family ceremony is planned.
Aletha Burgess died Dec. 30, 1999, in the loving presence of her son, Dan Burgess and her daughter-in-law, Sharon Porter, both of Pagosa Springs.
Mrs. Burgess was born to Martha Krug and Armin Reinhold Friedman in 1910 in Great Bend, Kan.
She moved to Hollywood, Calif., in 1924 where she played basketball for Hollywood High. Always drawn to the visual arts, Mrs. Burgess won scholarships that paid for her extensive training in jewelry making, pottery, charcoals and oil painting at the Otis Institute, Chouinard School of Art and the Arts Center in Los Angeles. Her paintings were shown at the art schools, in private collections, the Los Angeles County Museum and San Diego County Museum.
She later married George Denny Burgess and bore two children, Dan and Susan. Susan is an accomplished architect who resides in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., with her husband, Bill Landreth.
Mrs. Burgess' greatest struggle in life was the inability to support the sensitivity required to being a fine artist while still being a good wife and mother. She gave up painting to care for dying relatives, attend the needs of her family and grew a beautiful garden at her home in Pasadena, Calif. After her husband's death from cancer in 1964, she worked as manager and top salesperson of the silver department for Robinson's Department Store in Pasadena until her retirement.
Mrs. Burgess moved to Pagosa Springs in 1997 from Carlsbad, Calif., to be near her son, Dan. She enjoyed her views of the mountains, clouds and trees. She loved to watch the ducks as they bobbed and swam on Pagosa lakes. She never lost her sense of wonder about nature, and would wait for hours for the delight of seeing a crow or a wren fly by her window.
A private family ceremony is planned.
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