SARATOGA SPRINGS — Anita Jaenisch, 92, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 4, 2015 at Wesley Health Care Center.
Born to Joseph Adelard Albert and Marie Delina Beaulieu Albert on February 8, 1923 in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, she was an active member of the Saratoga Springs community since 1969.
Anita married her husband of 59 years, Robert Jaenisch in Keene, NY. She loved to garden, ice skate, cook, knit, play cards, and read. Anita gave of herself in numerous ways to the people and community of Saratoga Springs. She was a hostess for the Welcome Wagon of Saratoga Springs where she greeted new families to the community. Anita was a member of the Saratoga Hospital Guild and worked for many years in the gift shop at the hospital. In addition, she serviced the guild and worked at the original thrift shop and later Treasures Boutique under the guild. She volunteered at the Mollie Wilmot Radiation Oncology Center for several years, providing comfort and support to patients and their families. Anita was a member of The Ladies of Charity and volunteered for Meals on Wheels; she was a longtime member of The Heritage Garden Club of Saratoga Springs. She was a lifelong member of the Catholic Church who possessed a wealth of compassion and extraordinary service to all who knew her.
Survivors include her husband, Robert of Saratoga Springs; son John Jaenisch of Pensacola, FL; daughter Yvonne Jaenisch and her husband Harday King of Murfreesboro, TN; granddaughter Marissa King-Davis (Chris) of Kobe, Japan; grandson Jeremy B. King of West Minster, CO; her sisters Hilda Cyr of Madawaska, ME and Sylva Jessome of Edmundston, New Brunswick as well as numerous close friends and neighbors within the community.
At Anita’s request, an anatomical gift was made to Albany Medical College.
Friends and relatives gathered at The Church of Saint Peter in Saratoga Springs on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 to celebrate the life of Anita Jaenisch.
Anita’s family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Mollie Wilmot Radiation Oncology Center at Saratoga Hospital, 211 Church St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 and Community Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence St. Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
