Enid Emde passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017, at her home in Pacifica. She had survived pancreatic cancer for almost six years after the initial diagnosis. She was surrounded by family and close friends in her last days of hospice care. She and her family had lived in Pacifica for almost 60 years. Enid Rowene Goodman was born on Jan. 25, 1931, at Hollywood Hospital in Hollywood, California, to Enid Rowene Lacque and Donald Charles Goodman. She grew up in Hermosa Beach. She attended UC Santa Barbara, graduating as a music major, playing both piano and French horn. She met her future husband Dale Emde in college, where he also was in the music program, studying voice. With a teaching degree, she started teaching in public schools in Shasta County. On June 1, 1953, they married and started a family. In December 1957, they moved to Pacifica, having earlier that year picked out the lot where their home would be built. Enid taught piano lessons for years at her home.
In 1967, she bought a small potter's workshop/gallery called Dal-Pac Gallery on Palmetto Avenue, renaming it Periwinkle Art Gallery. In 1969, she moved the gallery to Pedro Point, and thus began the decade in which Periwinkle Art Gallery became the cultural arts center in Pacifica. The first location was on the corner of Danmann and San Pedro avenues in a small building that had previously been a surf shop and café. In 1972 that location was also Pacifica headquarters for the McGovern presidential campaign. After several years of monthly art exhibitions, Enid and Dale saw an opportunity to move up the street to the old community firehouse, which had become a rental hall for the local homeowners association. The Emdes renovated the building and friend and master carpenter Dick Bash added the now-iconic tower to the structure. Periwinkle Art Gallery became not only an art gallery and custom framing shop, but a concert hall as well. There were two series of concerts, one classical and one jazz, that ran for years. There were also films shown, including a screening of "Birth of a Nation," complete with the original score played on a grand piano. In 1978, Enid moved the business to the Linda Mar shopping center, moving again to Eureka Square in 1981. In 1998, in the gallery's last location on Palmetto Avenue, and after 30 years in business, she retired to her favorite pastimes of gardening and playing piano. She loved attending the San Francisco Opera and Symphony. In her retirement she remained busy, as she was a member and publicist of the Pacifica Garden Club. She also was an eager participant in aerobics and Zumba classes up to her 85th year. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Dale, and her sons Lionel and Paul of Pacifica; Arthur of Sonoma; and John Horstman of Connecticut. No services are planned, as that was Enid's wish. For more about Enid and the history of Periwinkle, please go here: http://periwinklehistory.blogspot.com/
In 1967, she bought a small potter's workshop/gallery called Dal-Pac Gallery on Palmetto Avenue, renaming it Periwinkle Art Gallery. In 1969, she moved the gallery to Pedro Point, and thus began the decade in which Periwinkle Art Gallery became the cultural arts center in Pacifica. The first location was on the corner of Danmann and San Pedro avenues in a small building that had previously been a surf shop and café. In 1972 that location was also Pacifica headquarters for the McGovern presidential campaign. After several years of monthly art exhibitions, Enid and Dale saw an opportunity to move up the street to the old community firehouse, which had become a rental hall for the local homeowners association. The Emdes renovated the building and friend and master carpenter Dick Bash added the now-iconic tower to the structure. Periwinkle Art Gallery became not only an art gallery and custom framing shop, but a concert hall as well. There were two series of concerts, one classical and one jazz, that ran for years. There were also films shown, including a screening of "Birth of a Nation," complete with the original score played on a grand piano. In 1978, Enid moved the business to the Linda Mar shopping center, moving again to Eureka Square in 1981. In 1998, in the gallery's last location on Palmetto Avenue, and after 30 years in business, she retired to her favorite pastimes of gardening and playing piano. She loved attending the San Francisco Opera and Symphony. In her retirement she remained busy, as she was a member and publicist of the Pacifica Garden Club. She also was an eager participant in aerobics and Zumba classes up to her 85th year. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Dale, and her sons Lionel and Paul of Pacifica; Arthur of Sonoma; and John Horstman of Connecticut. No services are planned, as that was Enid's wish. For more about Enid and the history of Periwinkle, please go here: http://periwinklehistory.blogspot.com/
Enid Emde passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017, at her home in Pacifica. She had survived pancreatic cancer for almost six years after the initial diagnosis. She was surrounded by family and close friends in her last days of hospice care. She and her family had lived in Pacifica for almost 60 years. Enid Rowene Goodman was born on Jan. 25, 1931, at Hollywood Hospital in Hollywood, California, to Enid Rowene Lacque and Donald Charles Goodman. She grew up in Hermosa Beach. She attended UC Santa Barbara, graduating as a music major, playing both piano and French horn. She met her future husband Dale Emde in college, where he also was in the music program, studying voice. With a teaching degree, she started teaching in public schools in Shasta County. On June 1, 1953, they married and started a family. In December 1957, they moved to Pacifica, having earlier that year picked out the lot where their home would be built. Enid taught piano lessons for years at her home.
In 1967, she bought a small potter's workshop/gallery called Dal-Pac Gallery on Palmetto Avenue, renaming it Periwinkle Art Gallery. In 1969, she moved the gallery to Pedro Point, and thus began the decade in which Periwinkle Art Gallery became the cultural arts center in Pacifica. The first location was on the corner of Danmann and San Pedro avenues in a small building that had previously been a surf shop and café. In 1972 that location was also Pacifica headquarters for the McGovern presidential campaign. After several years of monthly art exhibitions, Enid and Dale saw an opportunity to move up the street to the old community firehouse, which had become a rental hall for the local homeowners association. The Emdes renovated the building and friend and master carpenter Dick Bash added the now-iconic tower to the structure. Periwinkle Art Gallery became not only an art gallery and custom framing shop, but a concert hall as well. There were two series of concerts, one classical and one jazz, that ran for years. There were also films shown, including a screening of "Birth of a Nation," complete with the original score played on a grand piano. In 1978, Enid moved the business to the Linda Mar shopping center, moving again to Eureka Square in 1981. In 1998, in the gallery's last location on Palmetto Avenue, and after 30 years in business, she retired to her favorite pastimes of gardening and playing piano. She loved attending the San Francisco Opera and Symphony. In her retirement she remained busy, as she was a member and publicist of the Pacifica Garden Club. She also was an eager participant in aerobics and Zumba classes up to her 85th year. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Dale, and her sons Lionel and Paul of Pacifica; Arthur of Sonoma; and John Horstman of Connecticut. No services are planned, as that was Enid's wish. For more about Enid and the history of Periwinkle, please go here: http://periwinklehistory.blogspot.com/
In 1967, she bought a small potter's workshop/gallery called Dal-Pac Gallery on Palmetto Avenue, renaming it Periwinkle Art Gallery. In 1969, she moved the gallery to Pedro Point, and thus began the decade in which Periwinkle Art Gallery became the cultural arts center in Pacifica. The first location was on the corner of Danmann and San Pedro avenues in a small building that had previously been a surf shop and café. In 1972 that location was also Pacifica headquarters for the McGovern presidential campaign. After several years of monthly art exhibitions, Enid and Dale saw an opportunity to move up the street to the old community firehouse, which had become a rental hall for the local homeowners association. The Emdes renovated the building and friend and master carpenter Dick Bash added the now-iconic tower to the structure. Periwinkle Art Gallery became not only an art gallery and custom framing shop, but a concert hall as well. There were two series of concerts, one classical and one jazz, that ran for years. There were also films shown, including a screening of "Birth of a Nation," complete with the original score played on a grand piano. In 1978, Enid moved the business to the Linda Mar shopping center, moving again to Eureka Square in 1981. In 1998, in the gallery's last location on Palmetto Avenue, and after 30 years in business, she retired to her favorite pastimes of gardening and playing piano. She loved attending the San Francisco Opera and Symphony. In her retirement she remained busy, as she was a member and publicist of the Pacifica Garden Club. She also was an eager participant in aerobics and Zumba classes up to her 85th year. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Dale, and her sons Lionel and Paul of Pacifica; Arthur of Sonoma; and John Horstman of Connecticut. No services are planned, as that was Enid's wish. For more about Enid and the history of Periwinkle, please go here: http://periwinklehistory.blogspot.com/
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Enid's beautiful garden.
