Colleen Jean Lookingbill, of San Francisco, CA, died at her home on Sunday, March 30, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Gerna Lee Lookingbill and Eleanor Jean (Anderson) Wendlandt, and step-daughter of William Wendlandt Sr. Colleen was born December 3, 1950, in Storm Lake, IA. She grew up in Spencer, and graduated from Spencer High School in 1969. She attended the University of Iowa, receiving a B.A. in film in 1973.
After moving to San Francisco in 1979, she was employed in management positions at AT&T and IBM. On September 15, 1993, she married Jordon Zorker. She and Jordon curated a reading series together at Canessa Gallery. In 2000, she co-founded EtherDome Press devoted to publishing first chapbooks by women. Colleen was herself a poet and published two collections of her own poems: "Incognita" in 1992 and "the forgetting of" in 2011. Known for her pioneering spirit and fiercely honest voice, Colleen led a successful career in corporate life alongside her original poetic endeavor combining language with visual poetry.
Coleen love to travel and especially enjoyed trips to Paris, France with her husband. She loved her family, her aunts and uncles and cousins with whom she spent summer vacations on their farms while growing up. The arts, music and drama were among her favorites in high school.
Collen was preceded in death by her father and two brothers, Dwight and Dennis.
After moving to San Francisco in 1979, she was employed in management positions at AT&T and IBM. On September 15, 1993, she married Jordon Zorker. She and Jordon curated a reading series together at Canessa Gallery. In 2000, she co-founded EtherDome Press devoted to publishing first chapbooks by women. Colleen was herself a poet and published two collections of her own poems: "Incognita" in 1992 and "the forgetting of" in 2011. Known for her pioneering spirit and fiercely honest voice, Colleen led a successful career in corporate life alongside her original poetic endeavor combining language with visual poetry.
Coleen love to travel and especially enjoyed trips to Paris, France with her husband. She loved her family, her aunts and uncles and cousins with whom she spent summer vacations on their farms while growing up. The arts, music and drama were among her favorites in high school.
Collen was preceded in death by her father and two brothers, Dwight and Dennis.
Colleen Jean Lookingbill, of San Francisco, CA, died at her home on Sunday, March 30, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Gerna Lee Lookingbill and Eleanor Jean (Anderson) Wendlandt, and step-daughter of William Wendlandt Sr. Colleen was born December 3, 1950, in Storm Lake, IA. She grew up in Spencer, and graduated from Spencer High School in 1969. She attended the University of Iowa, receiving a B.A. in film in 1973.
After moving to San Francisco in 1979, she was employed in management positions at AT&T and IBM. On September 15, 1993, she married Jordon Zorker. She and Jordon curated a reading series together at Canessa Gallery. In 2000, she co-founded EtherDome Press devoted to publishing first chapbooks by women. Colleen was herself a poet and published two collections of her own poems: "Incognita" in 1992 and "the forgetting of" in 2011. Known for her pioneering spirit and fiercely honest voice, Colleen led a successful career in corporate life alongside her original poetic endeavor combining language with visual poetry.
Coleen love to travel and especially enjoyed trips to Paris, France with her husband. She loved her family, her aunts and uncles and cousins with whom she spent summer vacations on their farms while growing up. The arts, music and drama were among her favorites in high school.
Collen was preceded in death by her father and two brothers, Dwight and Dennis.
After moving to San Francisco in 1979, she was employed in management positions at AT&T and IBM. On September 15, 1993, she married Jordon Zorker. She and Jordon curated a reading series together at Canessa Gallery. In 2000, she co-founded EtherDome Press devoted to publishing first chapbooks by women. Colleen was herself a poet and published two collections of her own poems: "Incognita" in 1992 and "the forgetting of" in 2011. Known for her pioneering spirit and fiercely honest voice, Colleen led a successful career in corporate life alongside her original poetic endeavor combining language with visual poetry.
Coleen love to travel and especially enjoyed trips to Paris, France with her husband. She loved her family, her aunts and uncles and cousins with whom she spent summer vacations on their farms while growing up. The arts, music and drama were among her favorites in high school.
Collen was preceded in death by her father and two brothers, Dwight and Dennis.
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