Edith Marie (E.D.) Lavis, 51, died on Jan. 2 in Sebastopol after a short illness.

Born in Quantico, VA, she lived in Tucson for 20 years before
moving to Northern California. She was president of the board of
the Enchanted Desert Garden Waldorf School, active in the St.
Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church, an early parent
supporter of “The Parent Connection” and active in La Leche League.
E.D. attended Cosumnes River College and CSU-Humbolt as well as
Willamette University in Oregon. She also completed the Waldorf
School Administration and Community Development Program in Spring
Valley, NY. She graduated from Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove
in 1971. She helped found the Pleiades Center for Anthroposophic
Medicine in Sebastopol, and was actively involved in Summerfield
Waldorf School & Farm in Santa Rosa, first as development
director and secretary for the governance council, then as a leader
of the parent council. E.D. was an accomplished pianist, singer and
writer, having published several poems in American Poetry Review.
She was also a talented seamstress and homemaker.
She is survived by her husband, Mark Feickert, daughters Emma
and Lucy Feickert of Sebastopol, mother Alice M. Lavis of Sierra
Vista, AZ, brother Andy Lavis, of Davis, brother Dean Lavis, of
Tucson, AZ, sister Elizabeth Porter, of Tucson, AZ, seven nieces
and nephews and one grand-nephew. Contributions made in her name
may be sent to the Pleiades Center for Anthroposophic Medicine,
7770 Healdsburg Ave., Sebastopol 95472.