Born Gyorgyike Rozsa Kondor on December 18, 1912 in Balassagyarmat, Hungary and died in Monterey, California.
She maintained a lifelong interest in international affairs and human rights. She also was an active volunteer and member with the World Affairs Council, National Osteoporosis Foundation, the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Planned Parenthood, Hospice of the Monterey Peninsula, as well as the American Cancer Society. She was ahead of her times in many ways, writing and volunteering for women’s rights long before it became fashionable.
Trained as an interpreter, she was fluent in English, German, Hungarian, Spanish, French, Dutch and Italian. She remained an active member of the Alliance Francaise of the Monterey Peninsula.
On January 10, 1935, she married Adolph Kahn in Heilbronn, Germany. They lived in Heilbronn and Mannheim, Germany until 1938 when they escaped the Nazis with their daughter, Miriam, who was born in November 1935, and fled to Holland. They stayed in Holland until 1940, fleeing again with the addition of their second daughter, Dorthea, born in January 1938, via France and Spain arriving in Havana, Cuba in 1941. They remained in Cuba until May of 1946 and arrived in the United States, where their son, Alexander, was born in November of 1946. Typical of many newly arrived escapees, the family anglicized their surnames to Kennett. The family finally settled in San Francisco, California.
She married Gordon Claycomb in 1963 and lived in Menlo Park, California, Ashland, Oregon, and Green Valley, Arizona before settling on the Monterey peninsula in the 1970s.
Survived by: her son, Alex Kennett and daughter-in-law, Yarmila Kennett of Morgan Hill, California; grandsons; Daniel Yost of Woodside, California, Michael Desrosiers of Danville, California, David Kennett of Denver, Colorado and granddaughter Diana Kratt of Woodland Hills, California. She was also very fond of her two great-grand-children: Spencer and Noelle Kratt of Woodland Hills, California. Her brother Stephen Condor of Sydney, Australia and niece Jennifer Strike of Melbourne, Australia also survive her.
Upon her request, only a small family memorial will be held. Contributions may be sent to Planned Parenthood of the Monterey Peninsula, 1691 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126 or the Carmel Foundation, P. O. Box 1050, Carmel, CA 93921.
