Anna W. Myers

Anna Walton Myers, 86, passed away surrounded by family on April 5, 2025, at Kendal-Crosslands, Kennett Square, PA.   Born Anna Walton on July 26, 1938, Anna was the only daughter and youngest child of Frank Pusey Walton and Helen Stephens Walton.  She grew up in the village of London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania, on a farm where generations of her family have lived since 1827.  She was raised as a member of London Grove Friends Meeting.  Anna’s father and uncle ran a dairy operation and greenhouses where they cultivated roses and other flowers destined for Philadelphia and Baltimore.  Anna spent long hours as a child playing with her cousin Peggy Walton and was affectionally nicknamed “Sister” by her older brothers, David and Dick (and later “Aunt Sister” by her nephews and nieces).  During the Second World War, Anna’s family hosted Gakuji “Skippy” Mizuki, a Japanese American teenager, while his family was interned in California.  Throughout his life thereafter, Skippy sent Anna almonds at Christmas which were grown on his California farm. 

After her graduation from Unionville High School (and being coronated Harvest Queen at the 1954 Unionville Community Fair!), Anna attended nursing school at Reed Memorial Hospital in Richmond, Indiana, graduating as a registered nurse, and a year later completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Earlham College in 1959.  There, she met her husband, Mark Myers of Winchester, Indiana.  They were married under the care of London Grove Friends Meeting in 1959.  While still living in Richmond, Indiana, Anna and Mark started their family, which eventually grew to three sons and a daughter.  After four years living in State College, Pennsylvania, where Mark attended graduate school, the family moved to the Rochester, New York area in 1964.  Anna was a member of Rochester Friends Meeting throughout those years, and she and her family were actively involved in the life of the meeting there, including serving as co-clerk together with Mark for a time.  In addition to her years in Rochester, she spent a four-year period when the family moved to Oakville, Ontario, Canada, returning to Rochester in 1979.  In the 1980s, Anna was involved in the sanctuary movement in Rochester, helping to provide support to families who were fleeing war in Central America.

Anna and Mark returned to live in London Grove in 1990 where they spent their later years.  Among other projects, Anna oversaw the restoration of an 18th century farmhouse that stood on family land, which became her cherished home for many years.  There, she entertained grandchildren and family members and enjoyed the beauty of her carefully tended gardens.  She served on the West Marlborough Township Planning Commission for 16 years and served as calendar keeper and on the memorial committee of London Grove Friends Meeting.  She often volunteered her presence when non-Quaker groups used the meeting house for their events, thus enabling others to utilize the historic building and grounds.  Her relationships with her nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews were a source of joy for her, and as the longest living member of her immediate family, she served as a bridge to the past generations of her family who had lived in London Grove.

In her later years, Anna confronted increasing health problems that impacted her sight and mobility but accepted these challenges with the humor and strength of spirit with which she lived her life.  She resided at Kendal-Crosslands in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania at the time of her death.

Anna’s life will be celebrated on July 5, 2025, at 11:30 am, at London Grove Friends Meeting, and her remains will be interred in the burial ground there.  She is survived by her husband, Mark, her son Doug Myers and daughter-in-law Kim Brosnan-Myers, her daughter Lee Anne Palmer and son-in-law Jeffrey Palmer, her son Eric Myers, her son Tom Myers and daughter-in-law Maria Niubo, her nine grandchildren whom she cherished, and many members of her extended family.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Anna’s memory benefiting London Grove Meeting Buildings and Grounds.  Please send checks to: London Grove Monthly Meeting, Treasurer, 483 W Street Rd, Kennett Square, PA  19348

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