Anna Guinn

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Lifelong Staten Islander Anna May Guinn, 88, of Pleasant Plains, a loving mother and grandmother, died yesterday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay.

Born Anna May Simonson in Pleasant Plains, she graduated from Tottenville High School.

She enjoyed traveling with her husband, Warren Guinn Sr.

Mrs. Guinn worked as a school secretary at PS 1 in Tottenville, where she was affectionately known as "Mrs. Turtle" to the children. She retired in 1995.

She loved serving her church, St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Pleasant Plains.

Warren Sr., her husband of 66 years, died in 2008.

Surviving are her sons, Warren Jr. and Wayne; her sister, Grace McKay, and a granddaughter.

The funeral service will be Monday at 11:30 a.m. in the Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home, Tottenville. Arrangements include private cremation.

Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Monday May2,2011 11:30am

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday May 1,2011 2-4 And 7-9pm

Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home