Anna was born on March 1, 1927 in Escondido California to Julius Carl and Margaret Mary Deggelman and passed away peacefully on February 19, 2010 in Bakersfield, California after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Anna graduated from Escondido Union High School in 1944 and attended the College of Mount Saint Joseph in Cincinnati Ohio, attaining a degree in Music Education in 1949. Anna began a forty year teaching career in Bad Nauheim, Germany on the United States Army base during the reconstruction era of the 1950's. When Anna returned to California, she taught at the elementary school in Guadalupe in Santa Maria County, and then moved to Bakersfield when she took a teaching position in the Sunset-Vineland School District. She joined the Rosedale Union School District, where she spent many years teaching elementary grades while raising a family, before her retirement in 1991. Anna completed her Masters degree in counseling from California State University Bakersfield after her retirement, and worked to enhance services to needy children through Haven Counseling. Anna is preceded in death by her parents; her son Victor; brother Eugene Deggelman; nephew Richard and niece Nora Deggelman, and former husband and friend Melvin Dery. Anna is survived by her daughters Julianna and husband John Lawrence of Pittsburgh, PA; Teresa and husband Jim Boss of Bakersfield, CA; son Christopher; grandson Jake Lawrence of Washington, D.C.; sister Justine Wurzel of Tucson, AZ; brother David and wife Penny Deggelman of Springfield, OR; sisters-in-law Patricia Deggelman of Fremont, CA and Joline and husband Fred Huntsinger of Reedsport, OR; cousin Patricia and Robert McClure of Bakersfield; and numerous nieces, nephews, dear friends and godchildren. Anna was devoted to family, friends and her church, and she loved music and teaching. Her long battle with Alzheimer's disease was difficult, and our family would like to thank the staff of Glenwood Gardens, Station 2, for years of excellent care. We also sincerely thank Hoffman Hospice for their dedicated support and care of our Mom at the end of her life. A Mass of Christian Burial will be said at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 7100 Stockdale Hwy., Bakersfield CA on Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., and all are invited to attend. Private interment will take place at a later date in Escondido, California. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Alzheimer's Disease Association of Kern County, 5500 Olive Drive, Bakersfield CA 93308, or to Hoffmann Hospice, 8501 Brimhall Road, #100, Bakersfield, CA 93312.