Anita Chew

BORN FEBRUARY 20, 1024

DEATH JANUARY 6, 2022

BORN AND HOMEBIRTHED IN SAN FRANCISCO ON STOCKTON AND WASHINGTON

STREETS AT 1:20 A.M. TO CARL CHEN AND ANNIE LAI. SHE GRADUATED FROM

COMMERCE HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1942. HER SENIOR COMMENTS IN

HER YEARBOOK STATED THAT SHE WAS A CELEBRATED BASKETBALL STAR PLAYER!

DURING WORLD WAR II, ANITA WORKED AS A DRAFTSPERSON AT THE SAN

FRANCISCO FERRY BUILDING. IN 1945, SHE MET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE , HENRY

CHEW WHO WAS STATIONED IN THE US ARMY AT DAVIS, CA.

THEY MARRIED ON JULY 30, 1946 AND LIVED IN LOS ANGELES. THEY BECAME LOVING

PARENTS TO THEIR BEAUTIFUL BUNDLE OF JOY, DEBRA CHEW ON SEPTEMBER 24,

1953, AND MADE THEIR HOME IN COMPTON, CA. IN 1961, ANITA AND HENRY LOVINGLY

OPENED THEIR HEARTS AND HOME TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY, A

SON, RICHARD A CHEW.

IN 1967, THE CHEW FAMILY MOVED TO LA PALMA, CA.. ANITA STARTED A NEW

CAREER WITH HONDA CORPORATION. LATER SHE CHANGED HER CAREER PATH AND

MOVED TO JC PENNY’S COMPANY AS A SUPERVISOR. SHE WAS KNOWN AND LOVED

BY HER CO WORKERS AS “Chewy”! WHERE SHE RETIRED TO LIVE WITH HER HUSBAND

AND CHILDREN. ANITA AND “HANK” JOINED THE ORANGE COUNTY CHINESE

CULTURAL CLUB. THEY ENJOYED ALL THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND

BECAME PRESIDENTS OF THIS CLUB. BOTH OF THEM ALSO JOINED THE LA PALMA

PARK EXERCISE GROUP THEY BOTH ENJOYED BEING VERY ACTIVE.

THEY WERE OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB BECAUSE THEY

FREQUENTED DISNEYLAND PARK OFTEN!

AS BASKETBALL WAS HER GAME THE lAKERS BECAME HER #1 TEAM, NEVER MISSING

A CHANCE TO WATCH A GAME. SHE SHARED THE LOVE OF THIS TEAM WITH SPECIAL

FRIENDS TONY CAIRA AND GARY FONG.

IN 2006, SHE SUFFERED A GREAT LOSS WHEN HER HUSBAND SUCCUMBED TO

COMPLICATIONS FROM SURGERY.

ANITA CONTINUED TO BE SUPPORTED BY ALL OF THE CLUB MEMBERS AFTER HER

HUSBANDS PASSING BYH GENEROUSLY TAKING HER OUT TO LUNCHES AND OTHER

EVENTS AS WELL AS MAKING SURE SHE ALWAYS HAD DELICIOUS HOME COOKED

MEALS TO ENJOY.

IN 2017, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT IT WAS TIME TO RETURN TO HER ROOTS TO THE

CITY BY THE BAY, SAN FRANCISCO. SHE CAME TO LIVE WITH HER LOVING DAUGHTER

AND HER SON IN LAW, JOHN AT THE AGE OF 93! tHEY MADE THEIR HOME TOGETHER

IN PACIFICA, CA.

ANITA HAD THE TIME OF HER LIFE WITH DEBRA AND JOHN TRAVELING THE WORLD!

THEY WENT ON CRUISES TO ALASKA AND HAWAII, THEY VACTIONED IN YOSEMITE,

WASHINGTON, OREGON, VANCOUVER, CANADA, HAWAII, RENO, LAS VEGAS AND

SEVERAL TRIPS BACK TO DISNEYLAND TO SEE MICKEY AND ALL THE NEW

ADVENTURES. ONE OF DEBRAS BEST FRIENDS, MARGARET GALLAGHER, BECAME A

MEMBER OF THIS FUN LOVING FAMILY HELPING CARE FOR ANITA AS THEY TRAVELED

TOGETHER. WHAT A BLESSING SHE HAS BEEN FOR ALL OF THEM AND STILL IS!

ATTENDING FABULOUS CONCERTS WAS ANOTHER ONE OF HER WONDERFUL

MEMORIES, CHER, JENNIFER LOPEZ AND CIRQUE DU SOLEIL JUST TO MENTION A

FEW!

FAVORITE PASTIMES INCLUDED FACEBOOK POSTINGS, TEXTINGS, E MAILING AND

TALKING ON HER PHONE TO ALL OF HER FRIENDS. HAVING LUNCH WITH FRIENDS

AND FAMILY AND SHARING PICTURES OF ALL THE FOOD THEY ENJOYED WAS SURE

TO MAKE ONE DROOL AS WE LOOKED AT ALL HER FUN POSTINGS! FAVORITE FOOD

WERE BRAISED NOODLES AT TAM’S, CRAB (AND SHE COULDN’T GET ENOUGH!) AND

SEE’S CHOCOLATE ALMONDS!

IN MID DECEMBER, 2021, ANITA DEVELOPED A HEART CONDITION AND ULTIMATELY

PASSED PEACEFULLY BECAUSE OF IT.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, DEBRA COLEMAN PROPST AND SON RICHARD

CHEW AND IS 2 DAUGHTERS, CHRISTLYN AND JACQUELYN. IN ADDITION HER

NEPHEW GARY YEE AND NIECE, MICHELLY YEE VINES AND HUSBAND SCOTT AND

THEIR 3 CHILDREN, ILLYSSA, JONATHAN AND MADDIE.

IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND SHE IS PREDECEASED BY HER SISTER CONNIE YEE

AND HER SON- IN-LAW, JOHN PROPST.

ANITA LIVED HER 97 YEARS TO THEIR FULLEST! SHE WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE

LOVED BY THOSE SHE TOUCHED WITH HER WARM SMILE. WE WILL MISS YOU OUR

SPECIAL ANEL. REST IN PARADISE SWEET ANITA!