DUFFY, ELK, FORDE, HEYNEN, OTTO

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Independent Journal
Monday, Nov. 24, 1958
Page 4

Mrs. Anna Duffy Dies In Sausalito

Mrs. Anna Amelia Duffy, Sausalito waterfront resident for more than 65 years and a friend of author jack London, died at her home at 215 Bridgeway late Saturday after a brief illness. She was 88.

Mrs. Duffy’s home is on the Boardwalk just north of the Valhalla Inn where she once worked in the early days of the famed tavern. In later years, she had been highly successful in buying and selling real estate in the area and at one time owned and later sold the colorful “Old Castle by the Sea” building at Bridgeway and Richardson street.

Around the turn of the century, Mrs. Duffy became a close friend of Jack London during his Sausalito visits.

A native of Russia, Mrs. Duffy emigrated to New York when she was 14. After an earlier marriage, she married William Duffy in 1912. He survives her.

She is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Forde of Sausalito; a son, Gustave Elk of Fort Bragg; a sister, Mrs. Ida Heynen of Sausalito, and a brother, Fred Otto of St. Petersburg, Fla. There are also six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Russell and Gooch Chapel in Mill Valley. Interment will be private.

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A Death Notice in the same paper adds that she was also the mother of the late Fred Elk and Charles Edward Elk; she was a member of the Christian Science Church in Sausalito.

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Message:	: Independent Journal : Monday, Nov. 24, 1958 : Page 4 : Mrs. Anna Duffy Dies In Sausalito : Mrs. Anna Amelia Duffy, Sausalito waterfront resident for more than 65 years and a friend of author jack London, died at her home at 215 Bridgeway late Saturday after a brief illness. She was 88. : Mrs. Duffy’s home is on the Boardwalk just north of the Valhalla Inn where she once worked in the early days of the famed tavern. In later years, she had been highly successful in buying and selling real estate in the area and at one time owned and later sold the colorful “Old Castle by the Sea” building at Bridgeway and Richardson street. : Around the turn of the century, Mrs. Duffy became a close friend of Jack London during his Sausalito visits. : A native of Russia, Mrs. Duffy emigrated to New York when she was 14. After an earlier marriage, she married William Duffy in 1912. He survives her. : She is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Forde of Sausalito; a son, Gustave Elk of Fort Bragg; a sister, Mrs. Ida Heynen of Sausalito, and a brother, Fred Otto of St. Petersburg, Fla. There are also six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. : Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Russell and Gooch Chapel in Mill Valley. Interment will be private. : --------------- : A Death Notice in the same paper adds that she was also the mother of the late Fred Elk and Charles Edward Elk; she was a member of the Christian Science Church in Sausalito.