Resident of Pilgrim Place retirement community, Claremont, CA from 1996 - 2020
Father: Thomas Myers 8 Dec 1891 (St. Paul, MN) - 19 Dec 1958 (Huntington Park, CA) Thomas was the son of Paul Myers (Memorial ID 163469521) and Rose Birnberg Myers (Memorial ID 163469520
Mother: Norma Levitt Myers 26 June 1895 (New York) - 30 Nov 1977 (California). Norma was the daughter of Isaac Levitt (born Lewitanski) (Memorial ID 178597603) and Fanny Gittelsohn Levitt (Memorial Id 178597604)
Sister: Paula Myers Ogren 25 September 1918 - 8 August 2010.
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Donna Myers Ambrogi
On Monday night, June 8, 2020, Donna Ambrogi died peacefully after some weeks in hospice care in her Pitzer apartment, as she had wished. Her beloved niece was able to be with her.
Donna Myers was born into a politically and socially conscious Jewish family in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1929. (Her own political activism began at age 7, knocking on doors for FDR.) At age 16, shortly after her family had moved to Los Angeles, Donna entered the University of Chicago ("an intellectual experience from which I have never recovered"), eventually receiving an M.A. in Social Sciences. While at university, Donna became a Roman Catholic, and in 1952 joined the Grail, in which she worked fulltime for 17 years, spending much time and energy helping develop the Grail's ecumenical presence and character. After theological education at the University of San Francisco and the Graduate Theological Union, she joined the ecumenical campus ministry team at Stanford. Donna had met Tom Ambrogi at an ecumenical conference, and subsequently had an ecumenical wedding, so to speak – in a Presbyterian church, with a United Methodist minister (Barbara Troxell) officiating.
Donna became interested in aging issues as the eldest student at Stanford Law School. As an attorney, she founded a legal support center for advocates of the frail elderly, wrote legislation, lobbied in Sacramento, and taught Aging Law and Health Law. After retirement, before moving to Pilgrim Place in 1996, she and Tom volunteered for 2 years in South Africa ("undoubtedly the most exciting and rewarding experience of my life"), where their work included training observers for and being observers in the first ever democratic election there.
At Pilgrim Place, Donna continued her aging and health care advocacy, serving on many boards and committees at local, regional and state levels (California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Foothill AIDS Project, Pomona Valley Hospital's Medical Ethics Committee, etc.). She developed the PP Health [Patient] Advocacy Program, served on health and wellness committees, and was a 2-term resident member of the Board of Directors. But, lest anyone think her life here was all work and no play, Donna wrote with delight of "the many things I do out of sheer enjoyment and personal challenge," including Chorale, Interplay, yoga, water aerobics, Festival, Doing Theology … and, yes, even more.
- Town Meeting Moderator, Pilgrim Place 10 June, 2020
Father: Thomas Myers 8 Dec 1891 (St. Paul, MN) - 19 Dec 1958 (Huntington Park, CA) Thomas was the son of Paul Myers (Memorial ID 163469521) and Rose Birnberg Myers (Memorial ID 163469520
Mother: Norma Levitt Myers 26 June 1895 (New York) - 30 Nov 1977 (California). Norma was the daughter of Isaac Levitt (born Lewitanski) (Memorial ID 178597603) and Fanny Gittelsohn Levitt (Memorial Id 178597604)
Sister: Paula Myers Ogren 25 September 1918 - 8 August 2010.
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Donna Myers Ambrogi
On Monday night, June 8, 2020, Donna Ambrogi died peacefully after some weeks in hospice care in her Pitzer apartment, as she had wished. Her beloved niece was able to be with her.
Donna Myers was born into a politically and socially conscious Jewish family in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1929. (Her own political activism began at age 7, knocking on doors for FDR.) At age 16, shortly after her family had moved to Los Angeles, Donna entered the University of Chicago ("an intellectual experience from which I have never recovered"), eventually receiving an M.A. in Social Sciences. While at university, Donna became a Roman Catholic, and in 1952 joined the Grail, in which she worked fulltime for 17 years, spending much time and energy helping develop the Grail's ecumenical presence and character. After theological education at the University of San Francisco and the Graduate Theological Union, she joined the ecumenical campus ministry team at Stanford. Donna had met Tom Ambrogi at an ecumenical conference, and subsequently had an ecumenical wedding, so to speak – in a Presbyterian church, with a United Methodist minister (Barbara Troxell) officiating.
Donna became interested in aging issues as the eldest student at Stanford Law School. As an attorney, she founded a legal support center for advocates of the frail elderly, wrote legislation, lobbied in Sacramento, and taught Aging Law and Health Law. After retirement, before moving to Pilgrim Place in 1996, she and Tom volunteered for 2 years in South Africa ("undoubtedly the most exciting and rewarding experience of my life"), where their work included training observers for and being observers in the first ever democratic election there.
At Pilgrim Place, Donna continued her aging and health care advocacy, serving on many boards and committees at local, regional and state levels (California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Foothill AIDS Project, Pomona Valley Hospital's Medical Ethics Committee, etc.). She developed the PP Health [Patient] Advocacy Program, served on health and wellness committees, and was a 2-term resident member of the Board of Directors. But, lest anyone think her life here was all work and no play, Donna wrote with delight of "the many things I do out of sheer enjoyment and personal challenge," including Chorale, Interplay, yoga, water aerobics, Festival, Doing Theology … and, yes, even more.
- Town Meeting Moderator, Pilgrim Place 10 June, 2020
Resident of Pilgrim Place retirement community, Claremont, CA from 1996 - 2020
Father: Thomas Myers 8 Dec 1891 (St. Paul, MN) - 19 Dec 1958 (Huntington Park, CA) Thomas was the son of Paul Myers (Memorial ID 163469521) and Rose Birnberg Myers (Memorial ID 163469520
Mother: Norma Levitt Myers 26 June 1895 (New York) - 30 Nov 1977 (California). Norma was the daughter of Isaac Levitt (born Lewitanski) (Memorial ID 178597603) and Fanny Gittelsohn Levitt (Memorial Id 178597604)
Sister: Paula Myers Ogren 25 September 1918 - 8 August 2010.
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Donna Myers Ambrogi
On Monday night, June 8, 2020, Donna Ambrogi died peacefully after some weeks in hospice care in her Pitzer apartment, as she had wished. Her beloved niece was able to be with her.
Donna Myers was born into a politically and socially conscious Jewish family in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1929. (Her own political activism began at age 7, knocking on doors for FDR.) At age 16, shortly after her family had moved to Los Angeles, Donna entered the University of Chicago ("an intellectual experience from which I have never recovered"), eventually receiving an M.A. in Social Sciences. While at university, Donna became a Roman Catholic, and in 1952 joined the Grail, in which she worked fulltime for 17 years, spending much time and energy helping develop the Grail's ecumenical presence and character. After theological education at the University of San Francisco and the Graduate Theological Union, she joined the ecumenical campus ministry team at Stanford. Donna had met Tom Ambrogi at an ecumenical conference, and subsequently had an ecumenical wedding, so to speak – in a Presbyterian church, with a United Methodist minister (Barbara Troxell) officiating.
Donna became interested in aging issues as the eldest student at Stanford Law School. As an attorney, she founded a legal support center for advocates of the frail elderly, wrote legislation, lobbied in Sacramento, and taught Aging Law and Health Law. After retirement, before moving to Pilgrim Place in 1996, she and Tom volunteered for 2 years in South Africa ("undoubtedly the most exciting and rewarding experience of my life"), where their work included training observers for and being observers in the first ever democratic election there.
At Pilgrim Place, Donna continued her aging and health care advocacy, serving on many boards and committees at local, regional and state levels (California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Foothill AIDS Project, Pomona Valley Hospital's Medical Ethics Committee, etc.). She developed the PP Health [Patient] Advocacy Program, served on health and wellness committees, and was a 2-term resident member of the Board of Directors. But, lest anyone think her life here was all work and no play, Donna wrote with delight of "the many things I do out of sheer enjoyment and personal challenge," including Chorale, Interplay, yoga, water aerobics, Festival, Doing Theology … and, yes, even more.
- Town Meeting Moderator, Pilgrim Place 10 June, 2020
Father: Thomas Myers 8 Dec 1891 (St. Paul, MN) - 19 Dec 1958 (Huntington Park, CA) Thomas was the son of Paul Myers (Memorial ID 163469521) and Rose Birnberg Myers (Memorial ID 163469520
Mother: Norma Levitt Myers 26 June 1895 (New York) - 30 Nov 1977 (California). Norma was the daughter of Isaac Levitt (born Lewitanski) (Memorial ID 178597603) and Fanny Gittelsohn Levitt (Memorial Id 178597604)
Sister: Paula Myers Ogren 25 September 1918 - 8 August 2010.
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Donna Myers Ambrogi
On Monday night, June 8, 2020, Donna Ambrogi died peacefully after some weeks in hospice care in her Pitzer apartment, as she had wished. Her beloved niece was able to be with her.
Donna Myers was born into a politically and socially conscious Jewish family in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1929. (Her own political activism began at age 7, knocking on doors for FDR.) At age 16, shortly after her family had moved to Los Angeles, Donna entered the University of Chicago ("an intellectual experience from which I have never recovered"), eventually receiving an M.A. in Social Sciences. While at university, Donna became a Roman Catholic, and in 1952 joined the Grail, in which she worked fulltime for 17 years, spending much time and energy helping develop the Grail's ecumenical presence and character. After theological education at the University of San Francisco and the Graduate Theological Union, she joined the ecumenical campus ministry team at Stanford. Donna had met Tom Ambrogi at an ecumenical conference, and subsequently had an ecumenical wedding, so to speak – in a Presbyterian church, with a United Methodist minister (Barbara Troxell) officiating.
Donna became interested in aging issues as the eldest student at Stanford Law School. As an attorney, she founded a legal support center for advocates of the frail elderly, wrote legislation, lobbied in Sacramento, and taught Aging Law and Health Law. After retirement, before moving to Pilgrim Place in 1996, she and Tom volunteered for 2 years in South Africa ("undoubtedly the most exciting and rewarding experience of my life"), where their work included training observers for and being observers in the first ever democratic election there.
At Pilgrim Place, Donna continued her aging and health care advocacy, serving on many boards and committees at local, regional and state levels (California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Foothill AIDS Project, Pomona Valley Hospital's Medical Ethics Committee, etc.). She developed the PP Health [Patient] Advocacy Program, served on health and wellness committees, and was a 2-term resident member of the Board of Directors. But, lest anyone think her life here was all work and no play, Donna wrote with delight of "the many things I do out of sheer enjoyment and personal challenge," including Chorale, Interplay, yoga, water aerobics, Festival, Doing Theology … and, yes, even more.
- Town Meeting Moderator, Pilgrim Place 10 June, 2020
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