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Ann <I>Anthony</I> Brophy

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Ann Anthony Brophy

Birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Death
23 Nov 2019 (aged 88)
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Anthony Mausoleum
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d/o Dr. Harvey Mitchell Anthony and Ruth Leffler Anthony; w/o Charles G. Brophy

Ann was a a Southport resident for more than 50 years and a resident of Stratford for the past three years. Ann and her mother moved to Muncie, Indiana after the loss of her father when she was three months old. There she spent her childhood and attended school. Ann left Muncie to pursue a degree in Creative Writing and English Literature at the Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio.

After graduating, she moved to New York City where she worked with Broadway playwrights for 10 years. It was here she developed her passion and skill for writing with these incredible mentors. While living in New York City, Ann met the love of her life, Charles. The couple married and settled in Connecticut with their three children.

Ann took up a writing course at Fairfield University and began to take her writings very seriously. She was the author of several poems, short stories, and eight children's books. She was an adjunct professor of Writing for Children at Fairfield University for 10 years and conducted local writing workshops.

Ann is survived by two sons and a daughter; and a grandson.

Interment for Ann will take place in Muncie, Indiana at a later date.
Published in Connecticut Post on Nov. 25, 2019
d/o Dr. Harvey Mitchell Anthony and Ruth Leffler Anthony; w/o Charles G. Brophy

Ann was a a Southport resident for more than 50 years and a resident of Stratford for the past three years. Ann and her mother moved to Muncie, Indiana after the loss of her father when she was three months old. There she spent her childhood and attended school. Ann left Muncie to pursue a degree in Creative Writing and English Literature at the Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio.

After graduating, she moved to New York City where she worked with Broadway playwrights for 10 years. It was here she developed her passion and skill for writing with these incredible mentors. While living in New York City, Ann met the love of her life, Charles. The couple married and settled in Connecticut with their three children.

Ann took up a writing course at Fairfield University and began to take her writings very seriously. She was the author of several poems, short stories, and eight children's books. She was an adjunct professor of Writing for Children at Fairfield University for 10 years and conducted local writing workshops.

Ann is survived by two sons and a daughter; and a grandson.

Interment for Ann will take place in Muncie, Indiana at a later date.
Published in Connecticut Post on Nov. 25, 2019


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