Obituaries Obituaries (May 05, 2004)

Mary Anne Beswick
Community volunteer

Mary Anne Beswick died of cancer on April 20 at her Menlo Park home. She was 68.

Ms. Beswick was born in Tacoma, Washington, and attended Seattle University before moving to San Francisco in 1958 to pursue a career in insurance. She married Daniel E. Beswick in 1962.

After having three children, Ms. Beswick was active in community affairs. She was a member of the Creative Initiative Foundation and Parents Who Care, and belonged to a variety of political, international and community-based organizations, say family members.

In 1990 Ms. Beswick returned to college to finish her undergraduate degree at the University of San Francisco, where she graduated in 1991. She took painting and drawing classes at the Cultural Center of Palo Alto and her work hangs in the homes of friends, family and admirers, say family members. In 1997 she became an executive assistant for an Internet start-up company, retiring in 2000.

She is survived by her husband, Daniel K. Beswick; children, Karen Beswick Salas of Menlo Park, Kimberly Beswick of Boise, Idaho, and Brian Beswick of Burlingame; her sister, Virginia Rivers of Reno; three brothers, Allen, Richard and Eugene Rivers, all of Tacoma, Washington; and five grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at the Beswicks' Menlo Park home. Call 556-1560 for information.

The family prefers that donations in Ms. Beswick's name be made to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, P.O. Box 161150, Austin, TX 78716; and Habitat for Humanity, 690 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063.

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