Yolo-Los Angeles County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....RAVEED , Dvorah May 2 2002 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/ca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy B. Perazzo pbperazzo@comcast.net September 2, 2004, 7:37 pm "The Davis Enterprise," Wednesday May 8, 2002 Dvorah Raveed Albuquerque resident Dvorah Raveed died on May 2, 2002, at the Valle Norte Caring Center in Albuquerque. Born on Nov. 1, 1920, in Los Angeles to the late Sarah and Fred Busch, she was 81. Known to a multitude of friends simply as "Dvorah," she lived in Yolo County for the better part of 40 years. In 1998, she moved to New Mexico to be near her daughter. She was an ardent, lifelong Zionist. As a girl in the 1940s, she hitchhiked from California to New Jersey to participate in a model kibbutz program. While in New Jersey, she met and married her husband. After several years in Baltimore, the couple went to Israel, where they lived for six years in kibbutz Ein Dor with their young son. After the birth of their daughter, the family returned to the United States, and her husband began graduate studies at UC Davis. Productive years followed for Dvorah. She was among the founders of the Jewish Fellowship of Davis, an informal group of about 10 families that eventually became Congregation Bet Haverim. She organized a very successful art print lending program at the junior high school. She also worked in the anthropology and art departments at UCD, where, encouraged by the late Daniel Crowley, she developed a deep love for African art. During this time the famous Margaret Mead came to speak at UCD; since nobody thought to entertain her, Dvorah arranged a "ladies' lunch" in her own home for some university women and a handful of Dvorah's friends to meet the important visitor. She believed passionately in the equality of people, and supported movements championing human rights and peace. A proud Jew, she spoke of herself as "international." In 1964, she helped her 12-year-old daughter arrange for a sale of local artists' work, in the back yard, to raise money for the Freedom Riders who were headed to the South in support of civil rights for blacks. During a second residence in Israel from 1964 to 1967, she was an assistant teacher in Beersheva. Returning to California, she suffered injuries in an automobile accident that left her unable to walk unaided and with a speech impairment. It was at this time that she began to do art work herself. She became a proficient sculptor and a very good Japanese brush artist. Over the years, she had several of her works exhibited. She spent the rest of her life defying her disabilities, exercising and indomitable will to live positively and entertaining and encouraging others whom she always declared to be worse off than she was. She was wonderfully funny, had a great sense of style and was fiercely independent. She was preceded in death by her son, Sion Raveed. She is survived by her daughter, Tayla Raveed, of Albuquerque; two sisters; a brother; and many friends and admirers. A memorial gathering will take place in Davis at a later date. Additional Comments: Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/obits/gob1462raveed.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb