Anne V. Iskrant died peacefully at home on January 6, 2025 in the presence of her family, at age 82.  A resident of Ardmore, Pennsylvania for 46 years, she was born in Summit, New Jersey, and was a graduate of Smith College and the New School for Social Research.

She died of metastatic breast cancer after a hard, 4-year struggle with it. She was a lifelong educator and taught at The Brearly School in Manhattan until she and her husband, John, moved to the Philadelphia area, where she taught at The Shipley School and Cabrini College.  She then was a trustee and a vice president of Mainline School Night, an adult education organization with which she was involved for many years. For the last 20 years of her life she was an active member of the Philadelphia Flying Phoenix breast cancer survivors dragon boat team, Against the Wind, which raced competitively both internationally and domestically. She and her team won gold medals in regattas in the US, Australia, Italy and Canada. Women's dragon boating was a vital part of her life, and she created lasting bonds with her teammates.  She will be remembered as one of the team's most beloved members.

Anne was also truly passionate about promoting international relations.  She was a trustee of The Experiment in International Living, a non-profit organization focusing on international development, education and exchange programs.  Early in her involvement with them she led student groups for home stays in the Netherlands, Israel (where they lived with families on a kibbutz) and Spain, which included preparatory intensive language training.

Her international interests also led her to the Marshall Legacy Institute, a non-profit dedicated to clearing land mines around the world by using land mine sniffing dogs.  Among other things, she traveled to Bosnia where she examined dog training facilities, witnessed active mine removal, and interacted with the local population.

She and John traveled extensively, to all seven continents and a great many American national parks. Anne was also a very active participant in Philadelphia's wonderful cultural life, including being a docent at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A constant throughout her life was that she was beautiful in every sense of the word. Always engaged, cheerful, positive and sincere, she was appropriately known to her early friends as Sunny, from her maiden name of Sonnekalb. She was an adoring grandmother to Lucas, a wonderful mother to Caroline and Stephen, a beloved stepmother to Katharine, a loving mother-in-law to Jiaqian, and a joyful partner to her husband John, whom she was with for the last fifty years of her very fruitful, engaged life.

There will be remembrances of her life in the spring.

In her memory, contributions can be made to Project HOME in Philadelphia , 1515 Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia PA 19130