Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....ENGLISH, Janet Louise August 9, 2004 ********************************************************** 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 March 7, 2005, 10:19 pm "The Davis Enterprise," Friday, August 13, 2004 Janet L. English Janet Louise English died Aug. 9, 2004, at her Davis home. She was 63. She was born March 20, 1941, in Wenatchee, Wash., to Harley and Geraldine English, who moved with their three children to Davis when she was 5. She graduated from Davis High School in 1959. In 1963, she married Terry Buckendorf of Sacramento. Their daughter was born in 1964 and their son in 1966. She received her bachelor's degree from UC Davis in 1978. Earlier academic pursuits included the study of commercial art at the San Francisco Academy of Art (1959), the study of fine arts at Sacramento City College (1960-62), and the study of fine arts at Fort Wright College in Spokane, Wash., (1972-74). She was an accomplished artist. In 1997, she and her sister presented selected works together in Davis at a show called "Sisters." Her artist's appreciation of form, color and detail could be seen in her beautiful home and garden, and her art collection, as well as her 20-year career as a sought-after Davis area wallpaper hanger, which she pursued until her illness. She was a member of the Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group for the last 10 years, and at times served on the board and as librarian. She was diagnosed last September with advanced lung cancer and entered hospice care in July. Her final weeks were spent at home, without pain, under her family's care. She was preceded in death by her mother, Geraldine Clare English, in September 1986, and by her sister Carol Ann Rosson, in July 2003. She is survived by her daughter Kirsten Buckendorf of Seattle; son Theo Buckendorf and his wife Kirsten Olesen of West Sacramento; father William Harley English of Davis, a professor emeritus in plant pathology at UC Davis; brother Bill English of Ukiah; and many nieces and nephews and their children. Family and friends are welcome to attend a gathering in her memory at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Shields Grove Gazebo on the west end of the UC Davis Arboretum, followed by a potluck celebration of her life at the home of her friend Mary Ann Nelson. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to Yolo Hospice, P.O. Box 1014, Davis, CA 95617, or to the charity of the donor's choice. 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/gob6154english.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb