Obituary of Rosemary Gouveia Wren

Rosemary Gouveia Wren, a one-time resident of Santa Cruz, passed away peacefully on June 26 in Sacramento, California, at age 85. Born in Honolulu to the Reverend John and Eva Gouveia, she attended high school in Sacramento, received her BA Degree in Music from San Jose State University and later a MA Degree in Music from San Francisco State University. In 1954 Rosemary married Ronald Wren of San Jose. The couple lived in Japan for a year where Rosemary taught English to U.S. Army personnel. Later the Wrens moved to Bakersfield, where her husband worked in TV, then located to San Jose, San Rafael and San Francisco. Rosemary was the mother of Diane Wren Pfotenhauer of Dolores, CO; David Wren of Kentfield, California; Christopher Wren of Bainbridge Island, Washington; and Andrew Wren of Sacramento, California; and the grandmother of nine. The arts were her passion. In college she utilized her training as a pianist to perform frequently at various social and musical events, as well as providing dinner music at the Brookdale Lodge and Shadowbrook restaurants. She was a church organist in San Jose and Sacramento and was a member of the American Guild of Organists. While living in New York, she produced her own off Broadway musical called "Combat Boots'. In the '80's, she owned and operated the Rosemary Wren Art Gallery in Monterey that featured her paintings. In later years she devoted her time to writing and publishing poetry and essays as well as designing special interest art work on assignment.