Mary Anna Schoenfeld, Red Cross worker

Mary Anna Schoenfeld of Heritage Village, Southbury, who lived in Ridgefield for nearly 50 years, died at Danbury Hospital on Feb. 7, 2005.

Mrs. Schoenfeld was born in Philadelphia Nov. 12, 1926, daughter of the late Hans C. and Mary Pennypacker Duus. She grew up in Wilmington, Del., and graduated from Antioch College with a degree in business and sociology. She married Charles W. Schoenfeld in 1949 and in 1956 settled in Ridgefield, where she lived until 2003, the year her husband died.

She worked for many years for the Western Connecticut chapter of the Red Cross. She was a longtime member of the Danbury branch of the American Association of University Women, for which she served as president in 1989-1991 and 1999-2003.

Mrs. Schoenfeld is survived by a daughter, Lynn Abrahamson of South Windsor; two sons, Steven Schoenfeld of Thomaston and Martin Schoenfeld of Trumbull; a sister, Louise Duus of Franklin Park, N.J.; a brother, Peter Duus of Stanford, Calif.; and three grandchildren.

Contributions in her memory may be made to WECAHR, 211 Main Street, Danbury, CT 06810 or to Devil's Den Nature Conservancy, 33 Pent Road, Weston, CT 06883.

Private funeral services will take place at the convenience of the family.

Green Funeral Home, 57 Main Street, Danbury, is in charge of arrangements.