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Preserving progressive, multicultural voices of Los Angeles area activists, and philanthropists.

Preserving progressive, multicultural voices of Los Angeles area activists and philanthropists.

Lois Gunther

I am a native of Los Angeles.

I attended LAUSD public schools and UCLA and married at 19.
During my twenties my husband Richard Gunther and I had three sons. I stayed home and cared for them.

We took our first trip to Israel, Russia and Europe in 1959. We have traveled extensively since then, both as a family and just the two of us.

Having sons, I was introduced to many sports. From my 30’s to mid 80’s I snow skied. From my 40’s to late 80’s I road biked. I also played tennis. Three of our trips were high altitude treks.

From my 30’s to today I have been a community volunteer, and have found this most satisfying.  In areas of social service, the jewish community and politics. I served as the president of the board of Jewish Family Service and was a docent at the Skirball Cultural Center for 18 years.

At 92 years I still enjoy life, the friends who are still alive and particularly our wonderful family. 


“Everything that is tearing us down today will become a memory, and this memory will be shared as an anecdote or a story or a poem or a play or a warning. It will be shared with another human being, who will then understand that he is not alone in his sadness. This is why we show up for others and tell our tales and listen to others. The great congregation meets daily, and you are someone’s angel today.”

-Tennessee Williams/Interview with James Grissom

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