Posey, Anna Marie

Anna Marie Posey Retired Elementary Teacher 82, who taught at 
Tucson schools from 1965 through 1989, died from 
complications arising from surgery for congestive heart failure 
on May 31, 2010, Memorial Day at Tucson Medical Center. She 
passed away peacefully with family present at her bedside. Born 
to Nina and Julius Revielle on November 12, 1927, in Colorado 
Springs, Colorado, she was raised in Frederick, Colorado, along 
with two brothers and two sisters. She received her 
undergraduate degree from Loretto Heights College in Denver 
in 1950, with further studies at the University of St. Louis, 
Missouri, in 1951. She married Charlie Wilson Posey in 1953 and 
they moved to Tucson in 1961 along with their two sons, Charlie 
and Wilson. Her husband died from lung cancer in 1965. After 
teaching in Colorado, Missouri, and Alabama during the 1950s, 
Anna began her career in Tucson at Our Mother of Sorrows 
Catholic School in 1965 and received her Masters Degree in 
Education from the University of Arizona in 1967 being 
subsequently hired by the Tucson Unified School District to 
teach at the Miles Exploratory Learning Center (1967-69), a 
school for disabled children. She later taught at White (1969-79) 
and Hudlow (1979-89) elementary schools in TUSD. A member 
of numerous educational chapters, including Pi Lambda Theta 
and Delta Kappa Gamma Mu, she was acknowledged for 
excellence in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers" in 1992. 
Upon her retirement in 1989, she volunteered and performed 
charitable service. A beloved mother, she is survived by her two 
sons, Charlie M. Posey of Tucson and Wilson J. Posey of Laguna 
Hills, California, his wife, Carolyn, and their daughter, Angelica, 
along with a brother, Tony Revielle, of Denver, CO and a sister, 
Margarite Horvath of Hayward, CA. On Saturday, June 5, 2010 a 
public visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. with a 
Rosary service at 7:00 p.m. at BRING'S BROADWAY CHAPEL, 6910 
E. Broadway Blvd., which is handling funeral arrangements. 
Funeral services will be held at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic 
Chuch, 1800 S. Kolb Rd, at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 7, 2010. 
Burial to follow in South Lawn Cemetery.

Published in the Tucson Newspapers on June 3, 2010