Anna Darrow

It is with great sadness and love that we inform you of the passing of an amazing woman Anna Darrow on October 10, 2026. Born Anna Radits to Johan Radits and Helene Horvath on July 16th, 1932, in Klingenbach, a small village in the Eisenstadt- Umgebung district of Burgenland, Austria. located near the Hungarian and Sopron border.

In 1945 her village was liberated by Russian troops. Soon thereafter Anna traveled to London to escape the German occupation of Austria. She was hired as an au pair to an affluent family who ran the London School Bridge in Chelsea. Her ward was Nicola Smith who later became a winner of the Women’s European Bridge Championships and became a women’s World Olympian. She was awarded the M. B.E. by Queen Elizabeth II in 1995. On June 2, 1953, Anna at the age of 21 attended the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Anna was fluent in Croatian, German, English and Russian. As she was traveling from London to Germany via train, she met her future husband, Joseph Darrow, in 1957 in Germany while he was a medic in the US. Army and stationed in Germany during the Cold War against Soviet aggression and in furtherance of NATO’s defense commitments after West Germany regained its sovereignty,

Anna and Joseph arrived in the USA as newlyweds and lived in Joseph’s hometown of Jamestown NY. They moved to Naples in 1961 where Joseph was a pharmacist and owner of Imperial Pharmacy located in Bonita Springs on Old 41 for over 30 years.

Anna and Joseph enjoyed travel throughout Europe and around the world from the Great wall of China to Red Square in Moscow They enjoyed cruising to Copenhagen, Moscow, Alaska and most of the Caribbean.

Joseph predeceased Anna in 2001, and she is survived by sons Michael John Darrow. DC, and Paul Clarence Darrow JD, and her granddaughter Joanna Marie Darrow, PAC.

Anna was an ardent bridge and tennis player well into her 80’s. She enjoyed playing in at Naples City Courts, Naples Beach Club, Port Royal Club, Naples Bath and Tennis club and at Kensington Country Club where she resided until 2019. There she won the Ladies 3.0 Club Doubles Championship in 2008 and 2009 and was a finalist in the Ladies 3.0 Double finalist in 2010. At Kensington, she enjoyed to walking her dog Rocky (a/k/a “little fat boy) who predeceased her 2020.

Anna lived a happy, full and wonderful life making lifelong friends along the way. May God bless her in her eternal Life.