Amanda Atherton Bryan

11/26/1957 - 12/25/2023

A fifth-generation descendant of two Calif. pioneers, Faxon Dean Atherton and Colonel Edward Engle Eyre. Her grandparents were Suzanne de Lenclos and Edward Eyre, and Kathryn Maxwell and Carleton Felton Bryan. Amanda was born in Berkeley, grew up in Piedmont, attended Wildwood School, Anna Head School, and graduated from Santa Catalina School in Monterey. Amanda attended the University of Colorado, pledging Kappa Kappa Gamma, the University of California in Berkeley, and the California College of Arts and Crafts, where she received her degree in Graphic Design. She then joined the Graphic Design firm of Thomas Ingalls and Associates in San Francisco, later establishing her own graphic design business. Always interested, Amanda decided to pursue the family business, where she enjoyed meeting and connecting with many accomplished people. To know Amanda was to know her interests. Amanda was most passionate about preserving and protecting the environment. She was on the board of the League to Save Lake Tahoe, the Alpine Winter Foundation, and supported many other organizations: the San Francisco S.P.C.A., the Marine Mammal Center, Canine Angels, and Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue. Amanda had a great sense of humor. She loved a good laugh and did not hesitate to laugh at herself.

High on her list of activities she enjoyed doing was traveling. She started with her family and then with a college group, she went on Semester at Sea for four months, which covered many unusual places in the world. She went on many other trips as well. Amanda led a happy, orderly life, accompanied by her German Shorthaired Pointers, Ollie and Stormy, with long daily walks in the Presidio, weekends at the family vineyard, where she enjoyed riding her favorite horse, Pal, and winters in the snow. After many years on ski patrol, Amanda switched to cross country, so that Ollie and Stormy could join her on her backcountry treks. Her summers were spent at Lake Tahoe, where she biked, hiked, and swam with her dogs.

From the moment Amanda came to understand her prognosis, her overarching concern was what would become of her beloved dogs. They are beautiful animals and are used to a routine with a lot of exercise. After word got out about her situation, it was an old and dear friend, that came to the rescue and offered to take them to live with him in Oregon. Amanda was overwhelmed with the love and devotion that she received from her family and dear friends who came to see her from near and far. Amanda wanted to thank all of you for being with her, and helping her through this unplanned ordeal.

She is survived by her mother, Florence Atherton Eyre Bryan; sisters, Kathryn Maxwell Bryan Hampton {Gregory), Suzanne Eyre {Suki) Bryan and Anne de Lenclos Bryan; nephew, John Maxwell Bryan Hampton (Kerri); nieces, Cary Betts Hampton and Megan Amanda Atherton Bryan; grandniece, Emily Atherton Brown Hampton; and many devoted cousins. She was predeceased by her father, John Maxwell Bryan; and her nephew, Atherton Eyre Hampton.