Harry Stanford Anthony

Age 89, left us on the morning of August 31. He was a big-hearted, friendly man who loved to make people laugh. After his graduation from Piedmont High School he attended the Univ. of California until he joined the Army Air Corps and served as a Second Lieutenant. He lived in Danville and Sacramento with his wife, Barbara Higgins Anthony, and his two children until her death in 1984. During that time and later he was the president of the Higgins Lumber Company. He built a home for his family at lake Tahoe.

Shortly before retiring he moved to Oakland and married Joan Hately Anthony, a widow he had known since High School days.

Harry was a great lover of the outdoors. He spent almost all vacation days skiing, fishing, and hunting ducks. He had a wonderful group of friends that he enjoyed at the Claremont Country Club where he played endless games of dominos and golf until his health declined. He told everyone, “Don’t get old, you won’t like it!” Harry was also a member of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club for many years.

Harry is survived by his wife, Joan, his daughter Lacy Anthony Voeltz and her husband Leif, and his son, Ward William Anthony. His stepchildren, Barbara duPont, Pamela Williams, Sheila Thornley, Jonathan and Sam Hately, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren who all loved him very much.

As his son-in-law, Richard Thornley said, “For an old Lumberman to take his leave in the morning sun amongst the scent of the pines is somehow fitting, and courageous.