Anna Metcalfe

Anna (Ann) Metcalfe, 98, of Wildwood passed away peacefully on October 17th, 2024 in the ICU at UF Health Hospital in Leesburg Florida, surrounded by her loving family. Anna was born in Arenac County, Michigan on March 5, 1926 to Eugene and Florence (Clarkson) Lalonde. She grew up with her younger sisters, Adelaide and Mary on the family farm initially attending school in a one room rural schoolhouse. In her late teens, she was able to complete her senior year of high school in Anniston, Alabama living with her aunts there. She met her future husband, Frank Metcalfe, while serving in a USO in Anniston. Upon his discharge from the service in 1945, they married and started a family in New York. Several years later, they relocated to Miami Florida. While her three children were in school, Anna earned a retirement as a cafeteria worker in Dade County, Florida. Anna enjoyed gardening, sewing, and spending time with her family. Everyone enjoyed her seasonal baked cookies and pies. In her later years, due to hearing loss, she enjoyed doing puzzles and watching NASCAR (favorite was Dale Jr.) and Tampa Bay Baseball on TV because she didn’t need to be able to hear well to follow the action. Anna was a very religious person. She attended mass at Saint Vincent De Paul Catholic Church regularly until her health issues rendered her homebound. Anna was predeceased by her sisters, Adelaide and Mary, her older half-sisters Esther and Sister Cecelia (religious order), her husband of 50 years Frank (1996), and her oldest son William (2021). She is survived by: her son Tom, (wife Sheryl), and daughter Barbara Manning, (husband Dean), grandchildren: Tom, Jr.; Barbara Parker; Christina; James Manning (wife Kristal); Michael Manning (wife Megan); and Robert Manning (wife Amy), great grandchildren: Camilla (nee Parker) Luetger (husband Mark); Jacksson Parker; Meagan, Christian, Jordan, Trenton, Malaina, Mariah, and Conner Manning; Rachel Pfriender: and great great grandchild Iridaceae “Iris” Burgin, daughter of Camilla and Mark Luetger, in addition to numerous nieces and nephews from Michigan, who lovingly knew her as Aunt Annie. Anna will be cremated with a committal service performed at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida, at a date to be announced, where she will be interred next to her husband Frank Metcalfe. Arrangements entrusted to Beyers Funeral Home of Leesburg, Florida.

Anna Metcalfe

March 5, 1926 - October 17, 2024