Anna Melissa Neitzel was born August 6, 1987 to loving parents, Kevin and Suzi, and a very proud big sister, Molly Moon. Anna grew up surrounded by a large, loving family - grandparents John & Faye Pengilly and Herb & Angela Neitzel, two great-grandmothers, and countless aunts, uncles and kissin' cousins.
Anna was an incredibly generous, loving, funny, sweet, smart, beautiful girl. She attended Lowell Elementary, North Junior High, and Boise High School. She was involved in softball, girl scouts, dance, drama, and choir. She graduated high school in 2005 and was enrolled to begin Stevens-Henager College's medical specialties program in fall 2009. She was fascinated by all things medical and loved helping and caring for people.
Her family will remember Anna forever by recalling all of the things she loved and her contagious giggle when things made her happy. The things she loved include her family and dear friends, milk, Britney Spears, The Gilmore Girls, NOFX, Magic, playing catch with dad, making lists, board games, softball, mosh pits, tattoos, sister days, working at the QFC deli in Seattle, Pengilly's Saloon, Barbara Barbara, her kitties - Alice and Wendy Moira Angela Darling, her puppies - Sophie, Patches, Nellie & Parker, road trips, being a tourist, Las Vegas, all things Disney, riding on the backs of motorcycles, the beach, Barbies, clothes, shoes, makeup, Britney Spears perfume, The Sims, The History Channel, history (though she hated to admit it), Heidi, nurses, cute phlebotomists, Fried Green Tomatoes & A League of Their Own, the Boise River, the rhododendron garden, sunbathing, hot springs, dancing, Elizabeth Wurtzel, reading, scary movies, musicals, Sex & The City nights with Molly, The Oregon Trail game, Lewis & Clark trivia, giving and receiving presents, laughing, voting, Pizza Hut, camping, rafting, the number 37, her 1988 Dodge Colt Vista named Louise, cows, concerts, BOYS, hyperbarics, pinochle, sushi, artichokes, pumpkin pie, Trader Joe's string cheese, crab, hot dogs, ice cream sundaes, Vivace mochas, Boar's Head, s'mores, granola bars & Mom's Famous Spaghetti.
She was wild, wild, sunflower child, Anna, and was very much loved. Anna died surrounded by mom, dad, and Molly on November 2nd as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on August 22nd, 2009. She was 22 years old. Special thanks to the doctors and staff at St. Luke's, ELKS, Complex Care, St. Al's and especially Dr. Clifford and Margie Zamzow. A private memorial will be held.
Gifts may be made to www.heifer.org in Anna's honor, to provide families around the world with Anna's favorite thing: milk!