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A wonderful life in Quincy
Tammara Green/Post-Register
Anne Trantow
Ann Trantow grew up on the Long Beach Peninsula, where her family raised oysters. She enjoyed watching the fleets of ships navigate their way into the Columbia River before the Rose Bowl every year.
Trantow studied nursing at Washington State University in Pullman, and found work in Vancouver. She met the love of her life at a wedding in Seattle. John Trantow was a friend of a friend who was finishing medical school at the University of Washington. Trantow finally arrived to Quincy in 1957 with her husband, John, and their two oldest children, Lynn and Michael. They had two more children, Leslie and Janice, who were Quincy born.
“I believe they received a very good education. They went on to do good things. Two of my children are nurses, one is a dentist, and one is in advertising,” said Trantow.
Her husband, John, was a doctor in Quincy, and worked in a partnership with Dr. Stansfield. Trantow recalled how her husband was on call every other day, and every other weekend. She and the children were trained to answer the phone on the first or second ring at all hours of the day or night. Her doctor husband also made frequent house calls.
“A lot of times he would have to miss weddings, funerals, or even Christmas or Thanksgiving. That’s just the way it was, and we didn’t gripe about it,” said Trantow.
“We had a wonderful life. We did a lot of boating in the San Juan Islands, and we spent most summers on Lake Roosevelt, at a summer share property owned by my husband and another doctor,” recalled Trantow. Above all, Trantow was glad to serve the community, and was glad to move her and raise her family. Trantow knew the Stansfields from when she went to college.
“Knowing the Stanfields when I got here made it a smaller world,” said Trantow.
These days, she keeps busy helping out with the Chat & Knit group at The Cambridge, Tuesday coffee hours at the Grainery, and the Mary Kazda Book Club. She also donates her time and money to Quincy Allied Arts, the Reiman-Simmons house, and Habitat for Humanity.
“The people here are wonderful. I like having all four seasons. I adjust to the heat here with air conditioning. I don’t miss the rain,” said Trantow.
Kip commented, on June 23, 2011 at 12:09 p.m.:
I love ya, Mrs T. Great memories growing up in Quincy include you, Doc John and your family, the Stansfields and the QVMC. Thank you for making my prom dress my junior year. I know it was a pain and so was I! You're the best!
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