Buffalo News Obituary:
Anne K. Offermann, 94, teacher, gardener, traveler and yoga practitioner
When newlywed Anne Kinney Offermann was interviewed for a job
managing speech pathology programs throughout Baltimore
County, Md., the interviewer asked if she could drive.
She replied, "Of course."
She got the job. Then, said her daughter Barbara Offermann
Townsend, "She went home and said to my father, 'I've got to learn
to drive this weekend.' "
Her mother did learn to drive and held the job as lead
teacher/coordinator for the Baltimore County special ed program,
coordinating groundbreaking speech therapy classes, until the
family returned to Western New York in 1951.
Mrs. Offermann died on Feb. 13, 2019, at age 94.
She was "very independent and a true 'modern' woman," her
daughter said. "She was just amazing, she just did so much and was
really smart and very science-oriented."
She was born in Buffalo on Aug. 15, 1924, the first child of Dr. James
P. Kinney and Ethel (Stabel) Kinney, a registered nurse. Her father
was chief of staff at Sisters Hospital in the 1940s.
Mrs. Offermann was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy and
Amherst High School, in the class of 1941.
After three years at D'Youville College, she graduated in 1944 with a
bachelor's degree in science. With friends, she then took a bus to
Mexico City, where she enrolled in classes at the University of
Mexico. She had studied Spanish in college and had an affinity for
the culture, her daughter said.
Back in Western New York, Mrs. Offermann earned a master's
degree in special education with a concentration in speech
pathology from the University at Buffalo in 1946.
On a blind date, she met Frank J. Offermann Jr., whose father had
owned the Buffalo Bisons until his death in 1935. The team's
stadium at East Ferry Street and Michigan Avenue was later renamed
Offermann Stadium.
On July 23, 1949, the pair married in St. Joseph's University, Buffalo, NY.
They moved to Baltimore while he attended Georgetown Law
School, but returned and settled in Eggertsville in 1951. Mrs.
Offermann taught full time at St. Mary's School for the Deaf until they
started their family. She returned to work part time for several years
after her children started school.
In 1960, they moved into a house on Beard Avenue where she lived the
rest of her life.
The Offermanns enjoyed meeting travelers through World
Hospitality, a national group that connected businessmen and
businesswomen across the world for cultural exchanges. Mrs.
Offermann enjoyed traveling well into her 80s. She and her
husband took frequent ElderHostel trips, Barbara Offermann
Townsend said.
Her daughter described Mrs. Offermann as "a lifelong yoga
enthusiast," beginning in the late 1960s. She taught yoga classes at
senior centers and at Bristol Homes in Buffalo.
She was a lifelong member of the Great Books Foundation.
Mrs. Offermann was a member of the Buffalo Garden Club from its
inception. She planted some 3,000 spring daffodils at her home and
received many citations from Buffalo in Bloom.
She belonged to the Buffalo Skating Club and the Buffalo Ski Club.
She and her husband coordinated a Canisius High School spring
break trip to Cervinia, Italy, in the 1970s.
Mr. Offermann died on July 18, 2013, after 63 years of marriage.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Offermann is survived by two sons, Francis
"Bud" J. III and Geoffrey J.; her sisters, Jane K. Svejkar and Kathleen
K. Illig; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held in June at St. Joseph's University
Church, 3269 Main St.
Favorite poem:
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
Anne K. Offermann, 94, teacher, gardener, traveler and yoga practitioner
When newlywed Anne Kinney Offermann was interviewed for a job
managing speech pathology programs throughout Baltimore
County, Md., the interviewer asked if she could drive.
She replied, "Of course."
She got the job. Then, said her daughter Barbara Offermann
Townsend, "She went home and said to my father, 'I've got to learn
to drive this weekend.' "
Her mother did learn to drive and held the job as lead
teacher/coordinator for the Baltimore County special ed program,
coordinating groundbreaking speech therapy classes, until the
family returned to Western New York in 1951.
Mrs. Offermann died on Feb. 13, 2019, at age 94.
She was "very independent and a true 'modern' woman," her
daughter said. "She was just amazing, she just did so much and was
really smart and very science-oriented."
She was born in Buffalo on Aug. 15, 1924, the first child of Dr. James
P. Kinney and Ethel (Stabel) Kinney, a registered nurse. Her father
was chief of staff at Sisters Hospital in the 1940s.
Mrs. Offermann was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy and
Amherst High School, in the class of 1941.
After three years at D'Youville College, she graduated in 1944 with a
bachelor's degree in science. With friends, she then took a bus to
Mexico City, where she enrolled in classes at the University of
Mexico. She had studied Spanish in college and had an affinity for
the culture, her daughter said.
Back in Western New York, Mrs. Offermann earned a master's
degree in special education with a concentration in speech
pathology from the University at Buffalo in 1946.
On a blind date, she met Frank J. Offermann Jr., whose father had
owned the Buffalo Bisons until his death in 1935. The team's
stadium at East Ferry Street and Michigan Avenue was later renamed
Offermann Stadium.
On July 23, 1949, the pair married in St. Joseph's University, Buffalo, NY.
They moved to Baltimore while he attended Georgetown Law
School, but returned and settled in Eggertsville in 1951. Mrs.
Offermann taught full time at St. Mary's School for the Deaf until they
started their family. She returned to work part time for several years
after her children started school.
In 1960, they moved into a house on Beard Avenue where she lived the
rest of her life.
The Offermanns enjoyed meeting travelers through World
Hospitality, a national group that connected businessmen and
businesswomen across the world for cultural exchanges. Mrs.
Offermann enjoyed traveling well into her 80s. She and her
husband took frequent ElderHostel trips, Barbara Offermann
Townsend said.
Her daughter described Mrs. Offermann as "a lifelong yoga
enthusiast," beginning in the late 1960s. She taught yoga classes at
senior centers and at Bristol Homes in Buffalo.
She was a lifelong member of the Great Books Foundation.
Mrs. Offermann was a member of the Buffalo Garden Club from its
inception. She planted some 3,000 spring daffodils at her home and
received many citations from Buffalo in Bloom.
She belonged to the Buffalo Skating Club and the Buffalo Ski Club.
She and her husband coordinated a Canisius High School spring
break trip to Cervinia, Italy, in the 1970s.
Mr. Offermann died on July 18, 2013, after 63 years of marriage.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Offermann is survived by two sons, Francis
"Bud" J. III and Geoffrey J.; her sisters, Jane K. Svejkar and Kathleen
K. Illig; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held in June at St. Joseph's University
Church, 3269 Main St.
Favorite poem:
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
Buffalo News Obituary:
Anne K. Offermann, 94, teacher, gardener, traveler and yoga practitioner
When newlywed Anne Kinney Offermann was interviewed for a job
managing speech pathology programs throughout Baltimore
County, Md., the interviewer asked if she could drive.
She replied, "Of course."
She got the job. Then, said her daughter Barbara Offermann
Townsend, "She went home and said to my father, 'I've got to learn
to drive this weekend.' "
Her mother did learn to drive and held the job as lead
teacher/coordinator for the Baltimore County special ed program,
coordinating groundbreaking speech therapy classes, until the
family returned to Western New York in 1951.
Mrs. Offermann died on Feb. 13, 2019, at age 94.
She was "very independent and a true 'modern' woman," her
daughter said. "She was just amazing, she just did so much and was
really smart and very science-oriented."
She was born in Buffalo on Aug. 15, 1924, the first child of Dr. James
P. Kinney and Ethel (Stabel) Kinney, a registered nurse. Her father
was chief of staff at Sisters Hospital in the 1940s.
Mrs. Offermann was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy and
Amherst High School, in the class of 1941.
After three years at D'Youville College, she graduated in 1944 with a
bachelor's degree in science. With friends, she then took a bus to
Mexico City, where she enrolled in classes at the University of
Mexico. She had studied Spanish in college and had an affinity for
the culture, her daughter said.
Back in Western New York, Mrs. Offermann earned a master's
degree in special education with a concentration in speech
pathology from the University at Buffalo in 1946.
On a blind date, she met Frank J. Offermann Jr., whose father had
owned the Buffalo Bisons until his death in 1935. The team's
stadium at East Ferry Street and Michigan Avenue was later renamed
Offermann Stadium.
On July 23, 1949, the pair married in St. Joseph's University, Buffalo, NY.
They moved to Baltimore while he attended Georgetown Law
School, but returned and settled in Eggertsville in 1951. Mrs.
Offermann taught full time at St. Mary's School for the Deaf until they
started their family. She returned to work part time for several years
after her children started school.
In 1960, they moved into a house on Beard Avenue where she lived the
rest of her life.
The Offermanns enjoyed meeting travelers through World
Hospitality, a national group that connected businessmen and
businesswomen across the world for cultural exchanges. Mrs.
Offermann enjoyed traveling well into her 80s. She and her
husband took frequent ElderHostel trips, Barbara Offermann
Townsend said.
Her daughter described Mrs. Offermann as "a lifelong yoga
enthusiast," beginning in the late 1960s. She taught yoga classes at
senior centers and at Bristol Homes in Buffalo.
She was a lifelong member of the Great Books Foundation.
Mrs. Offermann was a member of the Buffalo Garden Club from its
inception. She planted some 3,000 spring daffodils at her home and
received many citations from Buffalo in Bloom.
She belonged to the Buffalo Skating Club and the Buffalo Ski Club.
She and her husband coordinated a Canisius High School spring
break trip to Cervinia, Italy, in the 1970s.
Mr. Offermann died on July 18, 2013, after 63 years of marriage.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Offermann is survived by two sons, Francis
"Bud" J. III and Geoffrey J.; her sisters, Jane K. Svejkar and Kathleen
K. Illig; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held in June at St. Joseph's University
Church, 3269 Main St.
Favorite poem:
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
Anne K. Offermann, 94, teacher, gardener, traveler and yoga practitioner
When newlywed Anne Kinney Offermann was interviewed for a job
managing speech pathology programs throughout Baltimore
County, Md., the interviewer asked if she could drive.
She replied, "Of course."
She got the job. Then, said her daughter Barbara Offermann
Townsend, "She went home and said to my father, 'I've got to learn
to drive this weekend.' "
Her mother did learn to drive and held the job as lead
teacher/coordinator for the Baltimore County special ed program,
coordinating groundbreaking speech therapy classes, until the
family returned to Western New York in 1951.
Mrs. Offermann died on Feb. 13, 2019, at age 94.
She was "very independent and a true 'modern' woman," her
daughter said. "She was just amazing, she just did so much and was
really smart and very science-oriented."
She was born in Buffalo on Aug. 15, 1924, the first child of Dr. James
P. Kinney and Ethel (Stabel) Kinney, a registered nurse. Her father
was chief of staff at Sisters Hospital in the 1940s.
Mrs. Offermann was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy and
Amherst High School, in the class of 1941.
After three years at D'Youville College, she graduated in 1944 with a
bachelor's degree in science. With friends, she then took a bus to
Mexico City, where she enrolled in classes at the University of
Mexico. She had studied Spanish in college and had an affinity for
the culture, her daughter said.
Back in Western New York, Mrs. Offermann earned a master's
degree in special education with a concentration in speech
pathology from the University at Buffalo in 1946.
On a blind date, she met Frank J. Offermann Jr., whose father had
owned the Buffalo Bisons until his death in 1935. The team's
stadium at East Ferry Street and Michigan Avenue was later renamed
Offermann Stadium.
On July 23, 1949, the pair married in St. Joseph's University, Buffalo, NY.
They moved to Baltimore while he attended Georgetown Law
School, but returned and settled in Eggertsville in 1951. Mrs.
Offermann taught full time at St. Mary's School for the Deaf until they
started their family. She returned to work part time for several years
after her children started school.
In 1960, they moved into a house on Beard Avenue where she lived the
rest of her life.
The Offermanns enjoyed meeting travelers through World
Hospitality, a national group that connected businessmen and
businesswomen across the world for cultural exchanges. Mrs.
Offermann enjoyed traveling well into her 80s. She and her
husband took frequent ElderHostel trips, Barbara Offermann
Townsend said.
Her daughter described Mrs. Offermann as "a lifelong yoga
enthusiast," beginning in the late 1960s. She taught yoga classes at
senior centers and at Bristol Homes in Buffalo.
She was a lifelong member of the Great Books Foundation.
Mrs. Offermann was a member of the Buffalo Garden Club from its
inception. She planted some 3,000 spring daffodils at her home and
received many citations from Buffalo in Bloom.
She belonged to the Buffalo Skating Club and the Buffalo Ski Club.
She and her husband coordinated a Canisius High School spring
break trip to Cervinia, Italy, in the 1970s.
Mr. Offermann died on July 18, 2013, after 63 years of marriage.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Offermann is survived by two sons, Francis
"Bud" J. III and Geoffrey J.; her sisters, Jane K. Svejkar and Kathleen
K. Illig; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held in June at St. Joseph's University
Church, 3269 Main St.
Favorite poem:
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
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Anne Kinney Offermann (1924-2019)
Gravesite Details
Anne is buried in the United-German & French in the Offermann plot with her husband, Frank, and his family. co-incidentally, her maternal family the Stabels are buried in same area just a stones throw away.
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