Shamsi Afnan, who as a youth volunteered at the sacred House of the Báb in Shiraz, Iran, then came to the United States for higher education in the late 1950s, was a co-founder of two Local Spiritual Assemblies in the U.S. Northwest. He passed away October 9, 2016.
Born in 1932 in Shiraz to Nasrullah and Farah Afnan, he was a cousin of the custodians of the House of the Báb and helped out there. He studied architecture and design in Boise and later Pocatello, Idaho, and helped form Pocatello’s first Spiritual Assembly in 1961. He and Micky Simmons were married in 1960. He served on committees for Bahá’í schools and conferences for the Intermountain area during the 1960s. He moved in 1964 to Bainbridge Island, Washington — helping establish an Assembly there as well — and to Everett north of Seattle. With their daughters grown, the Afnans returned to Boise, where Shamsi served several more years as an Assembly member.
In addition to Micky, his wife of 56 years, Shamseddin Afnan is survived by two daughters, Sheila Afnan-Manns of Arizona and Farah Afnan Vamvakitis of California; a sister, Tamool Afnan Rowhani of Oman; and two grandchildren.
Born in 1932 in Shiraz to Nasrullah and Farah Afnan, he was a cousin of the custodians of the House of the Báb and helped out there. He studied architecture and design in Boise and later Pocatello, Idaho, and helped form Pocatello’s first Spiritual Assembly in 1961. He and Micky Simmons were married in 1960. He served on committees for Bahá’í schools and conferences for the Intermountain area during the 1960s. He moved in 1964 to Bainbridge Island, Washington — helping establish an Assembly there as well — and to Everett north of Seattle. With their daughters grown, the Afnans returned to Boise, where Shamsi served several more years as an Assembly member.
In addition to Micky, his wife of 56 years, Shamseddin Afnan is survived by two daughters, Sheila Afnan-Manns of Arizona and Farah Afnan Vamvakitis of California; a sister, Tamool Afnan Rowhani of Oman; and two grandchildren.
Shamsi Afnan, who as a youth volunteered at the sacred House of the Báb in Shiraz, Iran, then came to the United States for higher education in the late 1950s, was a co-founder of two Local Spiritual Assemblies in the U.S. Northwest. He passed away October 9, 2016.
Born in 1932 in Shiraz to Nasrullah and Farah Afnan, he was a cousin of the custodians of the House of the Báb and helped out there. He studied architecture and design in Boise and later Pocatello, Idaho, and helped form Pocatello’s first Spiritual Assembly in 1961. He and Micky Simmons were married in 1960. He served on committees for Bahá’í schools and conferences for the Intermountain area during the 1960s. He moved in 1964 to Bainbridge Island, Washington — helping establish an Assembly there as well — and to Everett north of Seattle. With their daughters grown, the Afnans returned to Boise, where Shamsi served several more years as an Assembly member.
In addition to Micky, his wife of 56 years, Shamseddin Afnan is survived by two daughters, Sheila Afnan-Manns of Arizona and Farah Afnan Vamvakitis of California; a sister, Tamool Afnan Rowhani of Oman; and two grandchildren.
Born in 1932 in Shiraz to Nasrullah and Farah Afnan, he was a cousin of the custodians of the House of the Báb and helped out there. He studied architecture and design in Boise and later Pocatello, Idaho, and helped form Pocatello’s first Spiritual Assembly in 1961. He and Micky Simmons were married in 1960. He served on committees for Bahá’í schools and conferences for the Intermountain area during the 1960s. He moved in 1964 to Bainbridge Island, Washington — helping establish an Assembly there as well — and to Everett north of Seattle. With their daughters grown, the Afnans returned to Boise, where Shamsi served several more years as an Assembly member.
In addition to Micky, his wife of 56 years, Shamseddin Afnan is survived by two daughters, Sheila Afnan-Manns of Arizona and Farah Afnan Vamvakitis of California; a sister, Tamool Afnan Rowhani of Oman; and two grandchildren.
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