- Date Of Birth: December 28, 1939
- Date Of Death: January 27, 2015
- State: Arizona
Anna Marie Burk was called home on the evening of Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Born, December 28, 1939, in New York City, she and her family moved to Arizona when she was 8 years old. The author of many family books, Anna Marie comments, “I’d seen only concrete in New York City, so I was fascinated with our big backyard of Arizona didn’t have a lot of money for toys or games, so we learned to use our imaginations. Our neighbor worked for a company that manufactured evaporative coolers, and he brought home large, discarded but clean cardboard boxes. Pencils and crayons soon changed these simple boxes into vessels that transported us to lands where dreams became real.”
As an adult, her vivid imagination drew her to the Writers’ Group where she became firm friends with many other aspiring authors. Despite her full life, she was never too busy to lend a hand and would often spend hours editing and illustrating novels for her friends. Anna Marie’s written words live on through a bountiful supply of her published works: .
Anna Marie worked for forty years as a bookkeeper and secretary for St.
